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'Brokeback Mountain' shirts on display in LA

No one who saw the movie "Brokeback Mountain" could forget the image at the end of the film of the intertwined shirts worn by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Now the shirts are on display at the Autry National Center of the American West in Los Angeles. The shirts are part of an exhibit in the Contemporary Westerns case in the museum's Imagination Gallery.

"Brokeback Mountain," released in 2005, is the story of a relationship between two cowboys . It's based on a short story by E. Annie Proulx from her book "Close Range: Wyoming Stories." The film won an Academy Award for Best Director for Ang Lee.

In the movie, Ennis Del Mar (played by Ledger) saves the shirts as a keepsake of the relationship he's had with Jack Twist (Gyllenhaal).

According to the museum, the shirts are on loan from collector and producer Tom Gregory. He reportedly bought the shirts for $101,00 at auction in 2006.

The Autry is working to house the achieves of the International Gay Rodeo Association. The museum is also planning a panel on what it means to be gay in the West. It's all part of the Autry's effort to study LGBT advancements in the West.

The Autry Museum is at 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles.