I just got back from the chambers of another department, in which we were all gathered for a birthday celebration for one of the judges. The topic of Brokeback Mountain came up because director Ang Lee had just won Best Director in the Golden Globe Awards this weekend, and quite a few of the judges had seen the movie. One judge who had not seen the movie said that he’s waiting for the sequel. “The sequel?” I asked. “Yeah, two cowgirls,” he said.

My judge just told me that Michelle Williams (“Jen” from the WB Series Dawson’s Creek), who played Ennis’s wife in Brokeback Mountain, was actually married to Heath Ledger in real life. And then I remembered. I did hear that Michelle Williams was pregnant with Heath Ledger’s child, but I didn’t know who Heath Ledger was at the time. I wonder if they met in that movie, or whether they were already together when they agreed to take on the project.

My staff hasn’t seen the movie, and it sounds like they won’t. It’s too bad that one’s social queasiness robs them of the appreciation of, well, just a really good story.