I just saw this for the first time on the weekend (loved it, by the way).
I am a bit confused as to who killed Jack? Was it any of the character's in the story (Lurleen's father perhaps, or someone given the heads up by Alma?). Or am I way off track and it was just a random attack? If so, why didn't Lurleen give Ennis the proper version of events?
Thanks cowboys!
2007-08-12 15:54:34 · 6 answers · asked by LadyRebecca 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Jack's wife thinks he was just killed by a hit-and-run driver, since he was found bloodied by the road.
Ennis realizes - since he remembers the gay man beaten to death his father made him see as a child - that Jack was actually murdered. He was killed by men in the community - probably men he knew - for being a little too blatant about his sexuality.
In the short story, Ennis isn't sure how Jack died - until he hears that Jack had a new male friend he spent all his time with. The line in the story is something like "Then he knew - it was the tire iron." (Meaning, he'd been beaten to death.)
2007-08-12 16:52:38 · answer #1 · answered by Koko Nut 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, like the last answer said.. in the story, he figured out that he had been killed on purpose.. The movie leaves the ending a bit ambiguous
2007-08-13 00:33:48 · answer #2 · answered by kaijawitch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the beginning of the movie, one of them were talking about how some people found out this one guy was gay and they killed him. so i think when people started to find out more about it, the information got into the wrong hands and they killed him because some of the townsmen couldnt except him.
2007-08-12 23:16:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
She arranged it when she found out he was gay and it was becoming commen knowledge
2007-08-12 23:02:09 · answer #4 · answered by Flower Girl 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it was just random.
2007-08-12 23:06:45 · answer #5 · answered by Dawn 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you're off track
2007-08-12 23:01:59 · answer #6 · answered by just me 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋