Chapter 14 - Don’t Fool Me - 01 22 31

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DVD capture
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DVD Time Code = 01 22 31
Location: Calgary, AB, 805 24th Avenue SE
GPS:   51d 1m 54.30s    -114d 2m 36.54s
Map / Satellite Image: Google Link
Site Name: Jack’s Alley
 
Travel Directions:
East of Stampede Park, behind the “Space Gym” in the Ramsay neighborhood of Calgary. Go east on 9th Avenue SE, cross the bridge, turn right on 8th Street SE (also known as “Spiller Road SE”), then turn left on 24th Avenue SE to 805. The sign says “Ramsay Crossing.” Note: As of August 2007, access to this site has been blocked by construction. Also, the red building opposite the alley has been demolished.

Remarks:
Never has a one-word scene conveyed as much pain as Brokeback Mountain’s Juarez alley scene. This alley, located behind a Calgary, AB, fitness center, seems an unlikely place for rejected cowboys and Mexican hustlers, but it served both well in the film. The opposite wall, upon which the set designers struggled to crowd in as many Spanish words as possible, is a prop.

There is no truth to the unfortunate local rumors that the Brokeback production crew re-named “Ramsay,” “Ram-Me.”

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