BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Screenplay

JIMBS
(firmly, before the money
changes hands )
No thmks, cowboy. If I was to let ever
rodeo kand I pulled a b2ll off of buy me
liquor I'd been an alcoholic 1or.g ago.. .
JACK stands close to his shoulder.
There is something, a bit of frisson, a vibe, that gives the
CLOIW an uneasy feeling ... althsugh he remains perfectly
Lriendly ... takes his beer, stacds up.
~It?ao (cont 'd)
PuLling bulls off you buckaroos is jxst
my job. Save your money for your next
entry fee, coh'boy.
JACK
( awkward )
rill right then. ..thanks anyday.
Watches JIMBG walk over, sit down with a table full of calf-
ropers, all of them wearing piggin-strings over theis
shoulders like bandoliers.
BARTENDER
(seen it all)
Ever try calf-roping?
JACK
Do I bok like I could afford a fuckin'
ropin' horse? Hell no, I ain't never
tried calf-ropin'.
JACK, deflated and embarrassed, looks ovsr at Jii~o...sits
down at the bar. Drinks.
EXT: RIVERTON PAFX: FOURTH OF JULY: NIGHT: 7 2
EKNIS, AL.W, AJiI4.4 JR. and FRAIJCIPIE. XLI.% spreads a blanket
on the ground, preparing to settle her family in to watch the
fireworks.
WE SEE other Riverton citizens setting up, a few assorted
rowdies drinking beer, families, couples relaxing near the
DEL tL9R FMiILY. Other children with their parents play
nearby.
ENNIS
We shcuLd move closer.