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Remarks:
Brokeback locations manager Darryl Solly remembers asking Ang Lee what setting he envisioned for Ennis’ flashback. “I would like it to be very dusty,” Lee replied with characteristic brevity. Solly immediately thought of the desolate ghost town of Dorothy.

Dorothy violated one of executive producer Michael Hausman’s location rules. It was too far from other locations to be filmed efficiently. But this unforgiving, lifeless gulch in Alberta’s Badlands region was the irresistibly perfect place in which to depict the childhood experience that would dictate Ennis’ fate.

Given that the town’s population is approximately 12 people, it is an interesting coincidence that Dorothy is also home to star barrel racer Chyanne Hodgson, who served as Anne Hathaway’s stunt double in the Childress Rodeo scene.

Important:
Always obtain appropriate permission before entering private property. The road is unpaved, so use caution.

Quotation:
“My daddy, he made sure me and my brother seen it.”