Travel Directions:
WY-789 (Federal Boulevard) and US-26 (E Main Street)
intersect in downtown Riverton. The Boot Bar is a block
east of the intersection on the north side of E Main
Street, two blocks east of the post office.
Remarks:
To prepare for her work with the Brokeback cast,
dialect coach Joy Ellison went to Riverton where she paid
a visit to this “roughneck bar.” With her were
Michelle Williams and a hidden tape recorder. Inside,
they “just started asking questions about the town
and what had changed.” The recordings, and Ellison's
notes, gave her the tools she needed to bring a widely
acclaimed level of authenticity to the actors’
diction.
See:
http://www.smithmag.net/obsessions/2006/03/01/brokeback-mountains-dialect-coach/
Important:
Obtain permission before photographing bar patrons.
Quotation:
“I held my beer up and leaned my elbow on the bar
....”
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