Golden Globe for "Brokeback Mountain"

"Brokeback Mountain" that released on December 9th won best dramatic film, best director for Ang Lee, best song and best screenplay for Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (adapted from a short story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx) at the 63rd Golden Globe Ceremony last night.

"Brokeback Mountain" is a poetic film spanning a 20-year romance between two cowboys. It is a low-budget, art house film that has not yet broken through to blockbuster-size audiences. 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 society. Accepting his award, Lee saluted "the power of movies to change the way we're thinking." [The film is rated R for sexuality, nudity, language and some violence. Here is the film's Official website brokebackmountain.com]

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 as Truman Capote, the flamboyantly gay and brazenly ambitious writer, in "Capote." "Walk the Line," about the love affair between the country singers Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, won best movie in the musical or comedy category, though the film is neither. Over and above that, Joaquin Phoenix won best actor and Reese Witherspoon won best actress awards. Phoenix quipped as he accepted the award,"Whoever thought I'd win in the comedy or musical category? It's unexpected."

A pair of political thrillers picked up awards, as George Clooney was named best supporting actor for playing a renegade CIA agent in "Syriana" and Rachel Weisz won best supporting actress for her role as an activist rooting out pharmaceutical industry corruption in "The Constant Gardener."

The Foreign Press Association comprises mainly freelance writers for foreign publications and is far smaller than the 6,000-member Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which presents the Academy Awards.