‘Brokeback’ wins top Golden Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - A heady mix of political drama and romance — both gay and straight — won major
on Monday with "Brokeback Mountain" earning the best film drama prize and "Walk the Line" best musical or comedy.
"Brokeback," which has wowed critics and found a sizable audience at box offices with its homosexual love story, walked off with four Golden Globes, more than any movie, including best director for Ang Lee, screenplay and song.
The movie entered the show a favorite among its rivals after having been nominated in a leading seven categories, and it now becomes a clear front-runner for
, the U.S. film industry’s top awards that will be given out in March.
But "Walk the Line," about the long love affair between singers Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, may be a close No. 2. It earned three Golden Globes and won trophies for stars Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as best actor and actress in musical or comedy, respectively.
Felicity Huffman was named best actress in a film drama playing a man on the verge of a sex change in "Transamerica," and Philip Seymour Hoffman was named best film actor in a movie drama for his role as author Truman Capote in "Capote."
The film awards capped a night in which gay movies and characters dominated the winners circle, and the movies’ makers and actors urged audiences to see beyond the gay stories and into deeper themes of love, family ties and fearmongering.
"You can never categorize or stereotype a region or a place. People fall in love, period," Lee said backstage. This is a universal story … I just wanted to make a love story."
