Midnight Cowboy (1969)

MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)

QUICK JUMP
VISUAL AIDES ~ BACK OF THE BOX ~ REVIEWS ~ TRAILER PARK ~ AWARDS ~ GEEK BOX

VISUAL AIDES
POSTERS AND COVER ART

BACK OF THE BOX
WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

DESCRIPTION:

Daring. Provocative. Shocking. Compelling. Nearly thirty years after its original release, "Midnight Cowboy is still heartbreaking - and timeless" (The New York Observer). This Academy Award winner for Best Picture Best Director and Best Screenplay also boasts Oscar nominated performances by Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, neither of whom have "ever been better on screen than they are here" (Chicago Tribune)!
When Joe Buck (Voight), a good-looking, naively charming Texas "cowboy makes his way to the Big Apple to seek his fortune, the only wealth he finds is in the friendship of Ratso Rizzo (Hoffman), a scrounging, sleazy, small-time con man with big dreams. Living on the tattered fringes of society, these two outcasts develop an unlikely bond - one that transcends their broken dream and get-rich-quick schemes and makes Midnight Cowboy "that rarest of things: [a film] every bit as moving now as it was when it [first] released" (Premiere Magazine).

RATING: X (changed to R for re-issues)

STARRING:

Dustin Hoffman: Ratso
Jon Voight: Joe Buck
Brenda Vaccaro: Shirley
John McGiver: Mr. O'Daniel
Ruth White: Sally Buck - Texas
Sylvia Miles: Cass
Barnard Hughes: Towny

YEAR OF RELEASE: 1969

SCREENWRITER: Waldo Salt

DIRECTOR: John Schlesinger

RUNNING TIME: 113 minutes

STUDIO: United Artists

REVIEWS FROM THE GUYS
WHAT WE THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW

HEFE
Read Hefe's review of this movie

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: B

Want this movie reviewed by your favorite Hollywood Guy? Make a request!

TRAILER PARK
CHECK OUT THE TRAILER FOR THIS MOVIE

CAUTION!!

More people die from NOT subscribing to The Hollywood Tickle then they do from running with scissors.
Save a life...
Click the sign above to subscribe! Do it for your Mom's sake.

GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS (7 nominations and 3 wins)	GOLDEN GIGGLES	GOLDEN GLOBES (7 nominations and 1 win)
Best Picture winner Best Actor - Dustin Hoffman nominated Best Actor - Jon Voight nominated Best Supporting Actress - Sylvia Miles nominated Best Director - John Schlesinger winner Best Adapted Screenplay - Waldo Salt winner Best Editing - Hugh A. Robertson nominated	No awards or nominations given to this film.	Best Picture (Drama) nominated Best Actor (Drama) - Dustin Hoffman nominated Best Actor (Drama) - Dustin Hoffman nominated Best Supporting Actress - Brenda Vaccaro nominated Best Director - John Schlesinger nominated Best Screenplay - Waldo Salt nominated Most Promising Newcomer (Male) - Jon Voight winner

Wanna see what else was nominated?
Just click on a heading to see the full listing of winners and nominees.

THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

This movie is based on the book of the same name by James Leo Herlihy.
This is the only "X" rated movie to ever win an Academy Award for Best Picture, however in subsequent re-releases the rating was lowered to an "R" rating.
The song "Lay Lady Lay" by Bob Dylan was written for this movie, however it was not completed in time to make it into the final cut.
Dustin Hoffman kept pebbles in his shoe to ensure that his limp would remain constant.
Producers of the film were worried that Dustin Hoffman was too all-American to play the role of Ratzo, in order to prove them wrong Hoffman asked them to meet him in downtown New York for a meeting. When they arrived at the specified corner all they found was a bum begging people for change. The waited for Hoffman for ten minutes before the bum walked up and introduced himself as Hoffman in a disguise so good they had no idea they had been standing next to the actor the whole time.

GET INSTANT ACCESS TO NEW REVIEWS, MOVIE NEWS AND FAN DISCUSSIONS