Brokeback Mountain Truck For Sale

CNN reports that an Albertan teenager has put a 1950 GMC truck up for auction. However, what makes the otherwise normal auction newsworthy is the fact that the pickup was used in the feature film Brokeback Mountain. From the article:

Matthew Kennedy said he bought the black, 1950 GMC truck last year at an auction of vehicles used in the movie because he liked its looks, and only decided to sell when he realized the amount of attention the film was garnering.

"The movie was getting a lot bigger and I thought I could sell it and put away the money for school," he said.

Kennedy's eBay description of the vehicle says it was driven by Jack Twist, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, when he meets Ennis Del Mar, played by Heath Ledger, at the start of the film.

Bidding has reached $15,000 so far, almost double the $8,000 starting price, fueled by the ties to the film.

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