BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Screenplay

LUREZN ' S MOTHER
(ecstatic)
Ch, r.D ... : can already see whc he lock5
ilk€.
Just as JACK is reachicg c ~ his t arms for his ssn--the nurse
is about to hand little BCBBY to him--old L.D. FHILLI?~ makes
a smooth interception, takes the baby right OUT of her kan,?~.
L.D. PHILLIPS
I can see it toe, Wother. He,looks
exactly like me....
Ionores JACK completely. LUREEN gazes adoringly a: her
father.
81 IRT: DEL PRR APX?TNENT: RIVETITON: EVENING: 1967 : 8 1
ENliIS comes in, dusty, dirty.
TW3 LITTLE GLRLS, one rcnning, one toddling: UMA JR., and
little FRAI.ICII.IE, eager to see their daddy. ALEY, is at the
stove, 3as Eade chicken fried steak. Makes gravy.
E S
&Ira
(stirring)
Ennis, you know somehody name a Jack?
From Texas?
about to pick up FRRNCINE, stops.
ENNIS
I nipht. why?
ALIm
(gsstures toward the kitchen
table)
You got a post,cz~-d. It come Genera:
Delisery.
ENNIS steps tc the table, picks it up.
YE SEE a raw-baned hand iiolding a postcard. i;'E READ IT:
"Friend this letter is long over due. Hope you get it. Heard
you was in Riverton. I'm coming thru on =he 24th, ~hought
I'd stop acd buy you a beer. Drop me a line if yol: czn, say
if your there."
The hand trembles evel: so slightly. x,t.W, busy with the
cooking, dsesn't notice.