Topic: BBM Recital

[min]

New Scene:  At the Riverton Post Office.

Ennis is writing out a postcard to send to Jack.

Having filled in Jack's address in Childress, Texas and his own return address, Ennis writes only 2 words for his message:  You bet.

He then drops the postcard in the mail slot, walks out of the post office, whistling, gets in his pickup and drives off.

[Gwyllion]

New scene:

(OMG!  The suspense is killing me!)

And the suspense was killing Ennis, as well...

Finally, it was the 24th!  Ennis sat in the apartment, staring out the window.  A cigarette in his mouth, he flipped his lighter open, closed it, opened it, anxiously awaiting Jack's arrival.

Outside, only four vehicles were left in the desolate parking lot.  Light broke over the distant mountains as the day wore on, and the weather cleared.

[myprivatejack]

Meanwhile,in the other room,Alma is playing with Jr,before giving her her dinner.Both of them are talking:

-Alma:-You can color that one, too.

-Junior : -I'll color the beach.

Ennis is clearly very far away from these childish conversations and come and go from the kitchen looking for another beer.In one of these "trips",Alma says:

-Alma:-Maybe we could get a baby-sitter.

-Ennis (in the clouds) : -Huh?

-Alma : -Take your friend to the Knife and Fork?

-Ennis (trying to make Alma forget this "dangerous" idea) : -No. Jack ain't the restaurant type. We'll more likely just go out and get drunk.

[jackster]

The long day of waiting is beginning to wear on Ennis.
He nervously adds:

ENNIS: If he shows.

Later we see Ennis sprawled out in his chair [Yeah! ] asleep,
with six empty beer bottles, plus one in his hand.

[min]

Alma and Alma Jr are finishing their dinner as Ennis dozes in his chair.

Alma: Ok, we take one more bite and then you're finished with dinner. There, that's a good bite, alright, you're excused.

Jr runs off to play, and Alma begins to clear the table.

At the sound of a truck pulling up outside, Ennis wakes, gets up from his chair, and goes to the window.

[jackster]

Ennis sees a red & white pickup pull up, the door opens, Jack gets out and stiffly makes his way around. Ennis is out on the landing in a flash, looks down at Jack, breaks a big smile, slaps his big paws on the railing and exclaims;

Jack fu*kin' Twist!

Ennis heads down the stairs two at a time. Jack smiles back and heads over greet Ennis.

[Gwyllion]

The men embrace in a bearhug, their long arms wrapped around each other's shoulders and squeezing tight.  Both men close their eyes and presumably can feel the racing of their hearts, smell the stale cigarette smoke and beer, sense the warmth emanating from their bodies, stirring the emotions of that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong. 

Ennis thinks, maybe he can rekindle some of that feeling.  He pulls back and looks at Jack.  Yes, Ennis determines, Jack feels it too.  Ennis shifts his eyes to the left and seeing no prying neighbors, he seizes Jack by the collar of his vest...

[jackster]

Grabbing Jack, Ennis looks directly into his eyes, mutters in a determined whisper:

Come over here . . .

Then, in other circumstances what could look like the beginning of a fight, Ennis, pushing Jack with a grasp of his collar, shoves him backwards up against a hidden wall.

[myprivatejack]

Then,Ennis takes Jack's head with his hands and kisses him with the most absolute passion.Both men remain with their lips together during some instants;when they separate from each other,we can see Jack's face,full of a desperate and surprised love.He grabs Ennis collar on his turn and,leading him on the staircase's zone,give him another more passionate kiss,while Ennis catches Jack's head caressing his hair.

[tpe]

Jack: SOB

As bad luck would have it, Alma decides to open the screen door at the moment when both Ennis and Jack are passionately making out.  Alma immediately retreats back to the kitchen in extreme shock.  Her heart is pounding, and her mind is totally muddled and confused, trying to make sense of what sh had just seen...

[Gwyllion]

Meanwhile, back in the stairwell... the men separate.  Jack can barely release the grip of his left hand on Ennis's shirt.  Ennis physically shoves Jack's wrist away from the fabric, but nuzzles his head against Jack.  In a swift movement, he looks around.  Jack goes in for another kiss, but Ennis drags his right hand down Jack's face and says, "little darlin" "later."

[myprivatejack]

Ennis goes up the staircase,arranging his shirt; while Jack remains silent,shattering and looking at his love going away.Inside the house,Alma is in shock's state,leaning on the table; when she hears that both men are coming,she wears her handbag and puts herself before the main door,waiting for the arriving of who already was her rival...

[jackster]

Ennis arrives at the apartment door, carefully wiping his mouth (Alma has her back to him), just in case there's any of Jack's drool hangin' around.

ENNIS: Alma, this is, ah, Jack Twist.

Jack appears in the door opening, head bowed down, somewhat wary of the whole scene. Ennis, face beaming with happiness points first to Jack and then swingin' his arm in the direction of Alma, continues:

Jack, this is my wife Alma.

The gentleman Jack responds, briefly tips his hat, but doesn't set foot into the apartment, (and is not invited in by Alma):

JACK: Howdy.

[tpe]

Alma (with a blank face): Hello.

A child's voice is heard from another room.

Jack (with a look of surprise):  You got a kid!

[myprivatejack]

-Ennis : -Yeah. I got two little girls. Alma Jr. and Jenny.

-Jack:-I got a boy.

-Ennis : -Yeah?

-Jack : -Eight months old. Smiles a lot. I married the prettiest little gal in Childress, Texas.

-Ennis : -Yeah?

-Jack : -Lureen.

All this scene is developing while Ennis smiles clumsily looking at Alma,Jack,more clumsily still,doesn't know if he must look at him,at her or at the floor and Alma keeps on having her not very friendly face.

[jackster]

Ennis an' Jack are so eager to get goin' they can hardly stand still.

ENNIS: So me an' Jack gonna' head out an' get ourselves a drink- ya know.

ALMA: Sure enough. (complete shock and desperation in her face)

JACK: Pleased to meet ya' ma'am.

Ennis does some quick thinkin' based on the action downstairs a few minutes ago . . . lays some groundwork for the next 12 hours:

ENNIS: We might not get back tonight, we get to drinkin' an' talkin' an' all.

[tpe]

Alma (desperately trying to find some excuse to make Ennis come back that night): Ennis, would you get me a pack of smokes...

Ennis (cutting her off as he exits): You need smokes?  They're in the top pocket of my blue shirt... they're in the bedroom! 

[The next scene is a YUMMY one!  ]

[myprivatejack]

(Yessssss,it's YUUUMMMMMMYYYYYY ¡¡¡    )

Next scene.Later by night,we see the red lights of the Motel Siesta's signboard.Immediately after,a close-up of Jack,delightful and satisfied.In his naked torso there seems to be several little sweat's drops. ( ).He approaches his face to Ennis head,who is laying over Jack's chest;this last one smells his lover's hair(we only can see his hair and one ear) and says with a sight:

-Jack.-Four years,damn ¡

-Ennis:-Yeah, four years.

[jackster]

Responding as only a lover could, Ennis reminds Jack of the last time they were together. He's probably been thinking of this over an' over the past four year wondering if his actions that day ended their relationship. Now he see's it didn't, knows it didn't, and wants to make sure Jack knows too (as if whut they'd just done left any doubt  ) and utters what amounts to an Ennis apology.

ENNIS: Didn't think I'd hear from you again.

Jack: quietly groans in way that indicates- ah, heck no.

ENNIS: I figured you wus sore from that punch.

[tpe]

Jack: That next summer, I drove back up to Brokeback... talked to Aguirre about a job... an' told me you hadn't been back there... an' so I left!  Went down to Texas for rodeoin' -- that's how I met Lureen -- made two thousand dollars that year bullridin'... nearly starved!  Lureen's old man... he makes seeerious money... farm machine business...  'course he hates my guts!

[myprivatejack]

.Ennis:-And Army didn't get you?

-Jack : -No, too busted up. And rodeoin' ain't what it was in my daddy's day. Got out while I could still walk.

[min]

Jack pauses, looks thoughtful, says:  I swear to God I didn't know I was going to get into this again.

Jack gives a little grin, moves his lips closer to Ennis' ear and says:  Oh, yes, I did.  I red-lined it all the way....couldn't get here fast enough.

Jack gives a little laugh, continues:  What about you?

[tpe]

Ennis (suddenly shy): Me?  I don't know...

Jack (whispering to Ennis): Old Brokeback got us good, don't it?  

Ennis nudges Jack's arm in response.

Jack (suddenly anxious): What are we gonna do now?

[jackster]

Though now quietly and intimately lying in each others arms, Jack's question brings reality and the future crashing into the room.

ENNIS: I doubt there's nuthin' we can do. . . . See I'm stuck with whut I got here. . . . Makin' a livin' is 'bout all I got time for now.

Ennis takes a deep drag on his cigarette and closes his eyes, tryin' to enjoy this moment in time with Jack, an' push reality back outside the room.

[myprivatejack]

Next scene:Ennis comes back home only to take some personal objects in a weekend's trip with Jack.Alma has clearly spent the night without hardly sleeping and she receives him in a light gown and a face of immense sorrow.

-Ennis (without realising anything):-Hey. Well, me and Jack is headed up the mountain for a day or two. Do ourselves a little fishin'.

-Alma (after seeing that Jack is in the street,waiting for his lover while leaning on the truck):-You know, your friend could come inside, have a cup of coffee.

-Ennis(of course,he's not in the correct state of mind to understand what she says...):-Well, he's from Texas.

[tpe]

Alma: Texans don't drink coffee? 

Ennis ignores her and continues to put things together for the trip.

Akma (taking another track in the hope of stopping Ennis from going): You sure that foreman won't fire you for taking off?

[myprivatejack]

-Ennis(now,he realises what are told to him):-You know, that foreman, he owes me. I worked through a blizzard last Christmas. You remember that? Besides, I'll only be a couple of days.

-Jr.(running to her father):-Bring fish, daddy. A big, big one!

-Alma ( to Jr.,taking her in her arms ):- Come here.

-Ennis  ( to Alma ) :-Come here (he kisses her and the little girl). See you Sunday, latest.

[jackster]

Ennis leaves Alma holding Junior and heads downstairs to Jack an' the pickup, throws his gear in the back. Jack, after an active night playin' horsey turns to Ennis:

JACK: I'm starvin', wanna' get somethin' to eat?

ENNIS: Yup.

Meanwhile, Alma's upstairs crying as she sees her husband leave with his lover, struggles to make a little wave out the window, but knows Ennis isn't looking.

New scene. We see Jack's spiffy truck heading up into the mountains, finally it pulls up on a ledge next to a deep river. The boys jump out, stripping off as fast as they can. Ennis yells:

Last one in!

 

[myprivatejack]

Next scene.Both of them are near the river,with the only company of a bonfire and the stars.Ennis is lying with a face of infinite happinnes,looking at thje sky,while Jack is sitting by his side.

-Jack:-Is there anythin' interestin' up there in heaven?

-Ennis : -Well, I was just sending up a prayer of thanks.

-Jack : -For what?

-Ennis : -For you forgettin' to bring that harmonica. I'm enjoying the peace and quiet.(He wrinkles at Jack and both men laugh).

[jackster]

Jack becomes thoughtful and quiet, maybe even a little nervous toyin' with his beer bottle, says what's been on his mind since the kiss in Riverton:

JACK: You know, it could be like this, just like this, always.