The 2005 film directed by Ang Lee tells the story of two cowboys, Ennis (Heath Ledger) and Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal), who meet herding sheep in Wyoming in 1963 and fall in love. Multiple actors turned down the two starring roles, and when Ledger read the script based on the short story by Annie Proulx, he said he considered it the best script he'd ever read. The film was widely considered to be a frontrunner for Best Picture, but famously lost out to the movie "Crash" for the 2005 Best Picture Oscar.
