BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Screenplay

E X TKIS? HOHESTEAD: YAW: DAY: 151
EHNIS loo& back at the house, up at the windox tc 2ACK'S
ROO:+. Turns, stands in the little yard a momert :3_7':iW off,
nothing betweer the lonely house and the far horizsr..
EXT: T'kIIST HOHESTEPD: DIRT 3RIVEFIAY: DAY: 155
ENNIS is in his pickup, bumping down the washboard road.
PtSses the mist family plat surrounded by sagging sheep
wire, a tiny fenced square on the wellinq prairie, ; f5w
graves and a few tilted gravestones, bri~h: xith plcstlc
z :o%e rs .
The look on his face makes it clear he d0esn.t want to know
that JACK is going in there, co be buried forever on ;he
grieving plain.
EX?: RIVERTON: QUIX STOP CARKASH: DAY: 156
EXNIS is turnins the high-presszre spray hose on a Large pile
of horse blankets. His pickup sizs nearSy, filthy. He
hasn't bothered to wash it.
Finishes, s~acLs the wet horse blankets in :he back of his
pickup truck.
Lo3ks across the street at rhe gas staticn!convenience store,
as he dries his hands oc his jeans.
On irry;ulse, he crosses the street, as disdainful as ever of
traffic. A Suburban has to s+srve to avcid hitting hir..
illy: GAS STAT:OM/COYVENIENCE STORE: DAY: CONTINUOUS: i57
EMt3IS is standing at the postcard rack. Turns it, looking,
not finding what he wants.
LIKDI; HIGGINS, large but appealing, is cha~ging the filter in
the coffee maker.
LINDA HIGGINS
(throws away the used filter)
Ernls, you ain't CQ tourist, what are you
lookin' for, rootin' through them
postcards?
EiWIS
Scene a Brckeback !.lcuncain.