Author Topic: BBM Recital (Read 2154199 times)

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11880 on:** Jul 03, 2010, 03:01 PM »

We see how Lureen's eyes fill with tears and,for the very first time we get to see an hint of humanity and sorrow in her...

-Lureen:-Well, he said it was his favorite place. I thought he meant to get drunk. He drank a lot.

-Ennis:-Is his folks still up in Lightning Flats?

-Lureen:-They'll be there till the day they die.

hpv · « **Reply #11881 on:** Jul 03, 2010, 03:04 PM »

Ennis :I thank you for your time. I sure am sorry. We was good friends.

mimi · « **Reply #11882 on:** Jul 04, 2010, 11:36 PM »

Lureen: Get in touch with his folks. I'm sure they'd appreciate it, if his wishes was carried out. 'Bout the ashes I mean.

Phone line goes dead. Ennis begins to cry as he replaces the phone on the hook...

jackster · « **Reply #11883 on:** Jul 05, 2010, 07:45 AM »

new scenes with no dialogue:

Ennis's old pickup pulls into Jack's folks place in Lighting Flat. We see Jack's ma peer out the door then come out onto the porch standing proud to meet Ennis.

Next, Ennis and old man Twist are sitting silently at the dining table, maybe sizing each other up. Jack's ma comes from the kitchen and asks Ennis:

MA TWIST: Want a cup a' coffee don'tcha, piece a' cherry cake?

ENNIS: (smiles at Jack's ma) Yes ma'am, I'll have a cup a' coffee, but I can't eat no cake just now.

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11884 on:** Jul 05, 2010, 11:59 AM »

-Ennis (swallowing his tears):-Thank you. I feel awful bad about Jack.(to Mrs.Twist whe she gives him the cofee): Thank you. I can't begin to tell you how bad I feel. I knew him a long time. I come by to say that if you want me to take his ashes up there on Brokeback, like his wife said he wanted to, then I'll be happy to

mimi · « **Reply #11885 on:** Jul 08, 2010, 05:20 AM »

Old man Twist: "Tell you what, I know where Brokeback Mountain is. He thought he was too goddamn special to be buried in the family plot."
*spits into coffee cup like the disgusting piggish man he is*

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11886 on:** Jul 08, 2010, 10:00 AM »

Old man Twist keeps on puking his words with the clear intention of hurting Ennis:

-Jack used to say..."Ennis del Mar", he used to say. "I'm gonna bring him up here one of these days and we'll lick this damn ranch into shape." He had some half-baked notion the two of you was gonna move up here, build a cabin, help run the place.

Ennis face shows a sad smile,as if he was thinking:-"The old idea of that Jack F@#$ng Twist,the dumbass ¡".

jackster · « **Reply #11887 on:** Jul 10, 2010, 08:19 AM »

O.M.T. continues his bitter little tale:

OMT: Then this spring - got another fella' gonna' come up here with 'em. Build a place - help run the ranch. Some, ranch neighbor a' his from down in Texas.

Ennis looks up at OMT, looks him directly in eye, tryin' to decipher if this is true or just a tale.

OMT: Gonna' split up with his wife an' come back here, - so he says. But like most a Jack's ideas, it never come to pass.

The color drains from Ennis's face as he listens to this story. Ma Twist perhaps sensing his emotional turmoil, puts a comforting hand on his shoulder, says:

Ma TWIST: I kept his room - like it was when he was a boy. I think he appreciated that. You are welcome to go up to his room, if you want.

Ennis can barely speak, but looks up at Ma Twist, swallows and manages a hushed:

ENNIS: Yea, I'd like that, thank you.

Gwyllion · « **Reply #11888 on:** Jul 10, 2010, 04:45 PM »

Ennis slowly acends the stark stairwell, the sound of his boots touching gently on the sacred ground of Jack's childhood.

He opens the door at the top of the stairs and gets his first glimpse into the only world that Jack knew when he was growing up in Lightning Flat.

The air in the room is stifling. He takes in the atmosphere, the tiny bed with its ratty throw, the desk topped with a figuring of a rider on horseback.

Ennis goes to the window and props it open with a length of wood. He sits in the small chair and views the only road Jack ever saw that would lead him out of there.

mimi · « **Reply #11889 on:** Jul 12, 2010, 04:07 AM »

as he looks about the room, his eyes fall upon a small wardrobe.

Ennis approaches it and inspects Jack's old boots and a few shirts, when...

he notices a corner of a blood-stained shirt poking out of a hidden section of the wardrobe. Intrigued, he slowly pulls out the shirt and realises what he has found: his long-lost bloodstained shirt nestled on a wire coathanger with jack's old blue denim shirt...

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11890 on:** Jul 12, 2010, 12:31 PM »

Without believing what he's seeing,Ennis slowly takes the shirt in his arms and embrace it,taking the bloody sleeves in his hand and smelling the clothing as if we has trying to find Jack's well known scent on it.An almost inaudible "I love you" rises from his lips.

Gwyllion · « **Reply #11891 on:** Jul 13, 2010, 08:30 AM »

The French horns swell, and we are hit between the eyes, punched in the stomach, or run over by an 18-wheeler... and our lives are forever changed (all because of a movie!) ... in this one moment, which is over way too soon.

The scene changes and we are comforted by Ma Twist's empathetic nod back in the kitchen.

jackster · « **Reply #11892 on:** Jul 13, 2010, 09:55 AM »

New scene downstairs. Ennis comes down cradling the rolled up shirts in his arms, sheltering them from Old man Twist, but then holds them up for Ma' Twist to see. She nods her head knowingly, gets a paper sack from the counter to put them in. Her hands and Ennis's hands briefly touch as she puts them in the sack. Ennis's eyes are red with grief. In the background OMT continues his vitriol:

OMT: Tell you what. We got a family plot an' he's going in it.

Ma Twist clutches at her throat . . .

ENNIS (can barely contain himself nods): Yessir.

Ma Twist: You come back an' see us again.

Ennis whispers something to her, maybe: You bet.

Ennis turns picks up his hat, exits the little house. On the porch he turns to Ma' Twist and, giving the sack a little shake, says:

ENNIS: Thank you again.

Turns, walks slowly back to his truck, takes a last look at the open window up in Jack's room where the two shirts had been kept for twenty years.

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11893 on:** Jul 19, 2010, 11:59 AM »

New scene:Ennis is putting a number in his mailbox,near his trailer.All of a sudden,he sees a great car approaching and looks to it with curiosity.Is Junior who drives this car.

-Ennis : -Hey there, Junior.

-Junior : -Hey, Daddy.

-Ennis : -Come here. (They embrace and kiss each other).

jackster · « **Reply #11894 on:** Jul 28, 2010, 07:07 AM »

Interchange continue between father and daughter, neither of which is very talkative.

ALMA JR.: Like the car?

ENNIS: Yeah. Is it yours?

ALMA JR: Kurt's.

ENNIS: I thought you're seeing, uh, Troy.

ALMA JR: Troy? Daddy that was two years ago.

ENNIS: Troy still playin' baseball?

ALMA JR: I don't know what he's doin', I'm seeing Kurt now.

ENNIS: Whut does Kurt do?

ALMA JR: Works out in the oil fields.

ENNIS: He's a roughneck, huh?

ALMA JR: (laughs) Yeah.

ENNIS: Well, I guess you're nineteen, you can do whatever you want, is that right?

ALMA JR: Sure.

they move inside Ennis's trailer

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11895 on:** Jul 28, 2010, 11:28 AM »

Once inside,Jr.takes his sweater off and sits down.She looks around the railer to see the sadness that fills everything...

-Junior : -Daddy, you need more furniture.

-Ennis : -Yeah, well...if you got nothin', you don't need nothin'. So what's the occasion?

-Junior : -Me and Kurt...We're getting married.

-Ennis(surprised and toughtful,makes a pause) : -Well...So how long have you known this guy for?

jackster · « **Reply #11896 on:** Aug 02, 2010, 08:34 PM »

ALMA Jr. About a year. The weddin' will June 5th at the Methodist Church. Jenny'll be singing an' Monroe's gonna' cater the reception.

Ennis, still in some shock, becomes dead serious. His face showing deep concern for the well being of his beloved daughter.

ENNIS: This Kurt fella . . . (looks into Jr's eyes) . . he loves you?

ALMA Jr. (Touched and pleased at her fathers concern): Yeah daddy, he loves me.

Ennis now becomes emotional, can't look at Jr. anymore and turns looking away thinking of lost love.

min · « **Reply #11897 on:** Aug 07, 2010, 10:02 PM »

Alma Jr.: I was hoping you'd be there...

Ennis continues looking into the distance, and says: Yeah... I think I'm supposed to be on a roundup down near the Tetons....but...

Alma Jr. says nothing, but is clearly disappointed.

Ennis looks at Alma Jr. apologetically. He realizes how big a disappointment this is for Alma Jr.

He puts his coffee cup down, clears his throat, and gets up from his chair, heading for the fridge.

jackster · « **Reply #11898 on:** Aug 08, 2010, 07:25 AM »

Ennis sets down his coffee cup, and in a thoughtful movement not unlike his getting up and going into the tent to see Jack in the SNIT scene, makes up his mind - has a change of heart . . . gets up, goes to fridge, pours some old white wine in two glasses.

ENNIS: You know whut, I reckon they can find themselves a new cowboy . . (Alma's face changes instantly from disappointment to joy) . . my little girl, . . . gettin' married, . . . huh?
(Ennis gives a glass to Jr. and he toasts them)

To Alma an' Kurt.

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11899 on:** Aug 31, 2010, 11:35 AM »

Next scene: Ennis is seeing Jr. going away on her car.When he enters into his trailer,he realises she has left her jacket there;he goes out again to see if she is coming back,but there's nobody out there.Again inside the trailer,he folds the clothing carefully and leaves it into his wardrobe.By opening it,he looks at his little BBM sanctuary; a postcard of the place when they lived their love over the two shirts on the same hanger.This time his over Jack's as if it was protecting it forever,as if himself was protecting Jack the way he couldn't when his lover was alive...

He buttons it as carefully as he did before with his daughter's jacket and caresses it lovingly.His eyes are full with tears when he muses:-"Jack,I swear...".He straightens the BBM postcard before closing the wardrobe,that gives place to an open window to his reality...

hpv · « **Reply #11900 on:** Sep 01, 2010, 01:02 AM »

The credits rolling...
Song.. performed by Willy Nelson,:
He was a friend of mine..

then Maker Makes by Rufus Wainwright...

The End.......

jackster · « **Reply #11901 on:** Sep 01, 2010, 07:57 AM »

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Wyoming, 1963. Early morning, sun has not yet risen over the mountains, but the sky is brightening. We see a lone semi-trailer truck along a deserted Wyoming highway. The strings of a guitar echo in the background. The truck pulls up to a stop, the brakes puff. Passenger cab door opens and out jumps a young man, Ennis Del Mar, dressed in jeans, white checked shirt, boots and cowboy hat, carries his canvas coat and a paper sack. Truck pulls away, young man walks through the deserted early morning town. Finally comes to rest at a trailer office door, leans against the wall, has a smoke, dozes.

In the distance we hear an old pickup backfire. It pulls into the lot of the trailer office, roughly comes to a sputtering halt. Out jumps another young man, Jack Twist, dressed in blue jeans and black cowboy hat. He angrily slams the pickup door, kicks the fender of the truck.

JACK: Shit.

He stands lookin' at the truck for a moment, then slowly turns and sees he's not alone. Jack walks towards and stares at Ennis who chooses to ignore Jack, minds his own business. Jack eventually turns around heads back to his truck.

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11902 on:** Sep 14, 2010, 12:08 PM »

Jack looks both sides,adopts a provocative posture leaning on his truck and gives an more intense glance to Ennis just before lowering his head.In the following scene,we see Ennis sitting in the trailer staircase towards the trunk rear view mirror,that is used by Jack-who is shaving-to keep on looking at him.

jackster · « **Reply #11903 on:** Oct 04, 2010, 10:27 AM »

A Rambler sedan comes rushing into the lot. Ennis jumps up as if he was expecting to be hit by the front bumper. Joe Aguirre gets out heads to his office trailer, slams the door. The boys watch expectantly waiting for some word. Finally, Aguirre comes back, opens the door yells out:

You pair a’ deuces lookin’ for work, I suggest you get your scrawny asses in here pronto.

The boys enter the office. Ennis leans casually against the wall, Jack stands defiant, legs spread, thumbs in jeans pockets.

Aguirre lays out his plan for the boys summer: Up on Brokeback the Forest Service got designated campsites on the allotments. Them camps can be three, four miles from where we pasture the woolies. Bad predator loss if there’s nobody lookin’ after ‘em at night. Now what I want is the camp tender (looking at Ennis) stay in the main camp where the Forest Service says. But the herder (lookin’ at Jack) he’s gonna’ pitch a pup tent on the QT with the sheep an’ he’s gonna’ sleep there. Eat your supper and breakfast in camp but ya’ sleep with the sheep, 100%. No fire. Don’t leave no sign, you roll up that tent every mornin’ case the Forest Service snoops around.

Aguirre’s phone rings and he answers: Yeah. - No. NO! Not on your fu**in’ life!

Meanwhile the boys shuffle around, now that they know they'll be livin' together Ennis catches a glance a’ Jack while he’s not lookin’, Jack does the same of Ennis, checkin’ out his partner for the next three months.

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11904 on:** Oct 05, 2010, 09:59 AM »

-Aguirre(when stops talking)-You got your dogs, your thirty-thirty, you sleep there. Last summer I had goddamn near 25% loss, I don't want that again.(pointing Ennis and throwing a watch to him):-You. Fridays at noon be down at the bridge with your grocery list and mules... and somebody with supplies will be there at the pick-up. Tomorrow morning we'll truck you up to the jump-off.

jackster · « **Reply #11905 on:** Oct 05, 2010, 11:26 AM »

Aguirre lights a cig and sits down, dials his phone. Looks up at the two boys, and without a word lets 'em know they've been dismissed. They turn, put on their hats, and head for the door. Outside, Jack pauses, lights up. Ennis is studying the unfamiliar watch, and how it fits. Jack turns to Ennis and extends his hand:

JACK: Jack Twist.

Ennis, somewhat shy, but extends his hand and looks Jack in the eye:

ENNIS: Ennis.

The boys touch for the first, but not last, time. Jack shakes his head hello, and then with his salesman banter, begins his task of opening up his shy, but arresting partner.

JACK: Your folks just stop at Ennis?

Shy Ennis nervously starts fussing with the watch again, not looking directly at Jack, replies simply:

ENNIS: DelMar.

JACK: Nice to know you, Ennis DelMar.

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11906 on:** Oct 05, 2010, 11:37 AM »

Jack is looking at Ennis from head to toe,as checking him up (or surely doing it...).In the next scene,we see them walking towards the tavern,Ennis following Jack.It seems a metaphor of their respective way of seeing life and living through it; Jack walking firmly,sure of himself,as dominating the situation,while Ennis grasps his only possesions that can fill a paper bag,looking at the floor and with a rather shier steps.
Once in the tavern Jack drinks from the beer bottle's neck and says:
-My second year up here. Last year, one storm, the lightning killed 42 sheep. I thought I'd asphyxiate from the smell.

jackster · « **Reply #11907 on:** Oct 31, 2010, 04:07 AM »

Scene in the bar continues:

JACK: Aguirre got all over my ass like I was supposed to control the weather. But . . . beats workin' for my ol' man, can't please my ol' man - no way. That's why I took to rodeoin', . . . (gives Ennis a good look) You ever rodeo?

ENNIS: (seems overwhelmed by all this personal information that Jack's spelling out for him in just the first few minutes since they met, shakes his head yes, then no, then yes) Ya know ah, . . I mean once in a while, when I got the entry fee in my pocket, . . yeah.

hpv · « **Reply #11908 on:** Nov 03, 2010, 08:51 AM »

Jack: You from ranch people?

myprivatejack · « **Reply #11909 on:** Nov 03, 2010, 10:14 AM »

-Ennis : -Yeah, I was.

-Jack : -Your folks run you off?

-Ennis(with a slight and sad smile): -No, they run themselves off. There was a...one curve in the road in 43 miles and... they miss it. So... the bank took the ranch and my brother an sister, they raised me mostly.