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Rate   Wet Dark and Wild | by noreply@blogger.com (Wet Dark and Wild) | Sun, Jun 21

Sun, Jun 21 One of the many remarkable aspects of Brokeback Mountain, and the credit for this belongs as much to Ang Lee as it does to Jake Gyllenhaal, is how Jake was transformed from cityboy to cowboy. It wasn't easy for Jake, who had to get used to a lot more than just riding a horse that might throw him of...

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