Ang Lee reflects on the loss of 'Brokeback Mountain' for Best Picture at the Oscars, revealing that the stage manager hinted it would win but it ultimately lost to 'Crash.' Lee, who won Best Director, expressed disappointment and suggested the outcome was due to Academy discrimination against a gay love story.
Ang Lee has shared his candid view on how prejudice of the time led to Brokeback Mountain failing to claim a Best Picture Oscar. https://t.co/LfSYNxsIoz https://t.co/U1sayu2rgQ
Ang Lee Reflects On “Brokeback” Loss https://t.co/Y6lpD0OQCY https://t.co/Ba1XHlmCva
Brokeback Mountain lost to Crash that year. Hollywood has been very consistent with its super appreciation for superficial and shallow portrait of social injustices. https://t.co/b1kCPN2cCh
Brokeback Mountain lost to Crash that year. Hollywood has been very consistent with its super appreciation for superficial and narrow portrait of social injustices. https://t.co/b1kCPN2cCh
Ang Lee Blames 2006 Academy Awards Loss On Discrimination Against 'Brokeback Mountain' https://t.co/aKjhuXDWel
Ang Lee is once again looking back at Brokeback Mountain‘s memorable best picture loss to Crash at the 2006 Academy Awards. https://t.co/x0q5eHZizx
Brokeback Mountain was 1000x better than Crash. https://t.co/3TH8QrzLne
Ang Lee isn’t complaining about his time at the Oscars. But he’s ready to admit that “Brokeback Mountain” — the most acclaimed film of 2005 — losing Best Picture to “Crash” was a response to Academy discrimination against a gay love story: https://t.co/1VqWq97xmT https://t.co/f00wELrBaD
Ang Lee Says Stage Manager Told Him 'Brokeback Mountain' Would Likely Win Best Picture Before Oscars Loss https://t.co/FhkwjM2aVY
Ang Lee Recalls 'Brokeback Mountain' Losing the Best Picture Oscar https://t.co/KaqmkXNy1E
Ang Lee reflected on losing the Best Picture Oscar for #BrokebackMountain: "You almost can see me at the curtain. I could see some of the audience, it was that close. ‘You’re maybe going out,’ they said, ‘Stay at the mark. Next award is Best Picture!'” https://t.co/QaeHsBmyFV https://t.co/MGVnFt3Yas
Ang Lee on making films about outsiders: "Repressed characters, those stories attract me. ‘Brokeback Mountain’ is just so beautiful. You’ve read the short story. I have nothing in common with Wyoming gay cowboys. But why did I cry? It’s haunting." https://t.co/Y6rmwbbxEm https://t.co/RMz9qYcVfS
After winning the Oscar for Best Director, Ang Lee thought he would win Best Picture for "Brokeback Mountain." "They called me down, and said, stay here. That’s your mark. Everybody assumes you will win, so stay at that mark,” Lee said. https://t.co/TKx0CAKp7y https://t.co/t7y5UR3g9G
Ang Lee is reflecting on "Brokeback Mountain" losing the Oscar for Best Picture: https://t.co/cd7mlab6dH https://t.co/GCbME76SfG
Ang Lee Says Oscars Stage Manager Suggested ‘Brokeback’ Was Winning Best Picture — Then It Lost https://t.co/7z28gdZHpv https://t.co/7z28gdZHpv