text: in the movie brokeback mountain...? was jack murdered or did he die in an accident described to enis by his wife?   i know it's kind of an old movie now, but i just watched it last night on hbo for the first time and i loved it! he was murdered, remember the 'flashback' scene where he's at the side of the road with those guys from the bar and they beat him with the tire iron? his wife said he died from an accident changing the tire to save face because it would have been an embarrassment to her, her children and her family if the truth was told.