Waiting backstage with film curator Sheryl Mousley, Ang Lee and James Schamus plan the Regis Dialogue and discuss the wonderful news of seven Golden Globe nominations for their film Brokeback Mountain.

Ang Lee will have something to talk about at tonight’s sold-out Regis Dialogue with James Schamus: Brokeback Mountain was nominated seven times for the Golden Globes this morning. Here’s the rundown: Best Motion Picture, Best Performance by an Actor (Heath Ledger), Best Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams), Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song. Also of note: two films presented in October as part of the Walker’s First Look series were nominated. George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck received four, and Paradise Now was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.

Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, which made its sold-out Minneapolis debut at the Walker last night, is raking in just about every major film award, from a Golden Lion for Best Film at Venice to film-of-the-year honors from both the New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and when Golden Globe nominees are announced tomorrow morning, it’s expected to be a frontrunner. Minneapolis audiences seem to have their finger on the pulse: tickets to tomorrow night’s Regis Dialogue with Lee and longtime collaborator James Schamus have been sold out for two months already.

(Film curator Sheryl Mousley reports that several men showed up in cowboy gear last night. They all found seats in the back, a courtesy, apparently, to those who might’ve ended up seated right behind their ten-gallon hats. Rumor is that, because of the timing of our dialogue/retrospective and the Golden Globes announcement, Schamus and Lee may be fielding questions from international reporters right here tomorrow.)

The original: The New Yorker has published Annie Proulx’s original short story of “Brokeback Mountain,” and here’s a discussion on adapting it to a screenplay.