“Brokeback Mountain” at 20: Matt Baume whether the gay love story starring Heath and Jake holds up today

Brokeback Mountain was the movie that nobody thought could get made — not the writer, not the director, not even the head of the movie studio trying to make it. A sweeping epic about a forbidden gay romance in the wilderness of Wyoming, it was a magnet for controversy. At the time, some said Brokeback Mountain was destined to become a classic, and others said it would be forgotten by history. Now, 20 years have gone by, so who was right — how does BBM hold up? A classic, or a relic best left in the past?