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CAST FROM BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN AT "ORANGE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS"

Jake Gyllenhaal,Heath Ledger,Michelle Williams,Ang Lee and James Schamus attend the pressroom of the Orange British academy film awards at Odeon, Leicester square in London on February 19, 2006. (UPI Photo/Rune Hellestad)

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