One of the writers of Oscar nominated film Brokeback Mountain – a tale of love between two married cowboys – believes that the film did not win the prize for Best Picture due to discrimination.
Larry McMurtry, co-writer of Brokeback Mountain, thinks the urban drama Crash beat out his film for best picture because Academy members discriminate against rural stories.
According to contactmusic.com , the writer was involved with four Oscar nominated films including The Last Picture Show and Terms of Endearment . He feels Crash won because it was set in Los Angeles, where most of the Academy voters live.
He says: “The three rural films, I was involved with, lost. The one urban film Terms of Endearment won. Members of the Academy are mostly urban people. Crash was a hometown movie.”
Yep, discrimation against rural stories. That’s probably it.
