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Director:
John Schlesinger
Starring: Dustin Hoffman Jon Voight
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Buy.com Sales Rank: 15090
Category Keywords: Big City Buddies Character Study Classic Disturbing Essential Cinema Friends Gay/Lesbian Illness Lowlife Prostitution Recommended Scams And Cons Theatrical Release
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| A cowboy goes to the big city to be a gigolo and cosses paths with smmy street hustler ratso rizzo. |
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Editor's Note
Joe Buck (Jon Voight), an aspiring male prostitute from Texas, heads to Manhattan where he hopes to find plenty of wealthy women willing to pay for the services of a handsome man. When he arrives, the naive country boy befriends Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), a tubercular homeless con artist who dreams of moving to Florida. As they go about trying to get the money Ratso needs, the two men confront the seediness, corruption, and cruelty that flourish in the big city. Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy, this Oscar-winning film (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay) features brilliant performances by Voight and Hoffman, and brings to the screen an unusually gritty realism in its portrayal of the streets of New York City.
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DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, English, Spanish, French, Subtitled |
Technical Info
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Studio: MGM |
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Release Date: 1/24/2012 |
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Running Time: 113 minutes |
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Original Release Date: 1969 |
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Catalog ID: 906038 |
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UPC: 00027616603890 |
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Number of Discs: 1 |
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Original Language: English |
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Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed |
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Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
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Video: Color |
Entertainment Reviews
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Midnight Cowboy - DVD Review
By: Dan Schneider
Blogcritics.org Reviews
Published on: 1/13/2010 9:44 AM
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| Midnight Cowboy (the name was then contemporaneous slang for a male prostitute) is one of those solid, well-made films from the 1960s that’s best recalled than watched. This is not to say it’s a bad film. It’s not. It’s a good, occasionally very good film -- especially in terms of editing, cutting, and realism. But in many ways it’s an interesting short subject film of 25-30 minutes’ length, blown up to four or five times its optimum running time. The film was adapted by Waldo Salt from a 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy, and directed by veteran journeyman filmmaker John Schlesinger. I use that term to describe the director because much of the film is pedestrian, in what occurs, how it is interpreted by the actors, and in its routine banality....read the full review | |
Cast & Crew
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Dustin Hoffman |
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Viva |
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Paul Morrissey |
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Barnard Hughes |
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Sylvia Miles |
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John McGiver |
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Ruth White |
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Bob Balaban |
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Brenda Vaccaro |
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Jon Voight |
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Hugh A. Robertson - Editor |
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Jerome Hellman - Producer |
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Dick Smith - Special Effects |
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John Barry - Composer |
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John Robert Lloyd - Production Designer |
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James Leo Herlihy - Story |
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John Schlesinger - Director |
Plot Summary
Originally rated X, this exceptional film based on James Leo Herlihy's novel centers on a naive, small-town Texan who comes to New York to become a paid stud. He forms a unique relationship with a slimy con man who becomes his closest friend, and ultimately, the key to his salvation. The film depicts New York at its absolute grittiest, and features a very memorable soundtrack. Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Actor--both Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight.
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