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Gay cowboy film likely to upset conservative US

Sense And Sensibility director Ang Lee has risked the wrath of right-wing America with his latest film unveiled at the Venice Film Festival today - Brokeback Mountain, the story of cowboys in love.

Gay cowboy film likely to upset conservative US

Fri, 02 Sep, 2005 - 17:08

Sense And Sensibility director Ang Lee has risked the wrath of right-wing America with his latest film unveiled at the Venice Film Festival today - Brokeback Mountain, the story of cowboys in love.

Oscar-winning director Lee adapted the film from a short story which appeared in The New Yorker in 1997.

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