'Brokeback kiss' voted top in film poll

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 Brokeback kiss voted top in film poll
 
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          Feb 15, 2007
          
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       The controversial
            beat out the conventional in a poll by LoveFilm.com,
            which picked Brokeback Mountain's kiss between Jake
            Gyllenhaal and       Heath Ledger as the top screen kiss of
            all time.     
       The top pick beat
            out Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard's kiss in
                Breakfast at Tiffany's and Brangelina's
            lip-lock in Mr.       and Mrs. Smith. The fifth
            spot went to Sarah Michelle Gellar and       Selma
            Blair's kiss in Cruel Intentions. (The
            Advocate)     
 
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