I went to Wal*Mart in Poulsbo today.
Their featured DVD display by the front door included Brokeback Moutain as well as several other movies. By far, the most slots in the display were devoted to Brokeback Mountain and most of those slots were already sold out. None of the other movies had empty slots.
They were also on sale so I got my copy.
Two days after its release, the Brokeback Mountain DVD
According to the TV news this morning, it sold 1.4 million copies on its first day. This is also being reported by BrokebackBlokes, but they don’t link to the original source article.
In addition, as I previously reported, Wal*Mart is standing by its decision to sell the Brokeback Mountain DVD in spite of complaints from Christian groups.
Christians are angry that Wal*Mart will be selling the DVD for Brokeback Mountain which is being released next week.
The American Family Association, the same antigay group boycotting Ford for advertising in gay media outlets, is urging its members to call their local Wal-Mart store to complain about the national chain’s stocking of the DVD, set to be released April 4. According to a report on the conservative Christian media site www.agapepress.org, Randy Sharp, director of special projects for the Mississippi-based AFA, said the movie is not “family-friendly” and does not belong on the shelves of a store that has marketed itself to middle America.
“It’s quite obvious to anyone who shops at Wal-Mart that they’re no longer the family-friendly company that they used to project in their image,” Sharp is quoted as saying. “We’ve seen a downward spiral trend by the Wal-Mart Corporation in which they are more and more becoming like the world rather than the family-friendly company we grew up with.”
Sharp, according to the report, is encouraging concerned Christians to “let their local Wal-Mart managers know how they feel and that they are not pleased over the chain’s decision to promote and carry the pro-homosexual movie.”
Wal-Mart has no plans to remove the DVD from its stores. In a statement released Tuesday, March 28, the company simply said, “Wal-Mart provides movie selections in our stores and online, recognizing that a broad segment of our customer base wants to buy the latest titles.”
When I was in the Wal*Mart in Poulsbo earlier this week, there were two displays by the front entrance promoting two newly released DVDs. One was for Chicken Little and the other for Capote.
Even though I don’t buy DVDs, I plan to buy a copy of the Brokeback Mountain DVD and I just might buy it at Wal*Mart.
The truck driven by Jake Gyllenhaal who played Jack Twist in the movie Brokeback Mountain is up for auction on eBay.
You can bid here until March 30th.
As of today the bidding is up to $16,500.
Two shirts that played an important role in the movie recently sold on eBay for more than $100,000.
UPDATE 4/4/06: The truck sold for $60,100.