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Midnight Cowboy (1969)

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Starring (View all)
Jon Voight Jon Voight
Joe Buck
John McGiver John McGiver
Mr. O'Daniel
Brenda Vaccaro Brenda Vaccaro
Shirley
Ruth White Ruth White
Sally Buck - Texas
Jennifer Salt Jennifer Salt
Annie - Texas


Written by
Waldo Salt Waldo Salt
(screenplay)


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Once-Controversial Classic

10 years, 10 months ago at Jun 15 1:42
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Slapped with an 'X' rating upon it's release in 1969, "Midnight Cowboy" is neither as shocking or boundary-pushing as is once was. That said, it still holds up as a film and as a character study of men with lives verging on desperation.

None-too-bright Texan Joe Buck (Jon Voight) leaves his small-town home, fancying himself a life as a gigolo, and heads to New York City. After bei... read more

A classic

8 years, 8 months ago at Aug 24 14:08
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I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I was quite eager to check it out again. Anyway, even though it was released in 1969, in my opinion, it actually belongs to the great wave of amazingly inspired US movies from the 70’s. Indeed, back then, the box-office was not ruled by giant robots or super-heroes, it was ruled by such deep and dark features and this movie was a fine examp... read more

Midnight Cowboy

10 years, 2 months ago at Feb 3 22:49
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Ever watched a movie and gone “If I could yank that part out of the film and change this around it would make it so much better?” Cause Midnight Cowboy is that movie for me. In parts a completely realized and unique masterpiece, and in others a needlessly distracting and experimental holdover from the 60s.

As a portrait of two lost and hurt souls reaching through the urban deca... read more
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Texas greenhorn Joe Buck (John Voight) arrives in New York for the first time. Preening himself as a real 'hustler', he finds that he is the one getting 'hustled' until he teams up with a down-and-out but resilient outcast named Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman). The initial 'country cousin meets city cousin' relationship deepens. In their efforts to bilk a hostile world rebuffing them at every turn, this unlikely pair progress from partners in shady business to comrades. Each has found his first real friend.
Release date: 25 May 1969
UPC: 027616603890
Tags: Drama (21), Prostitution (12), 1960s (10), 1969 (10), Friendship (9), Rape (8), Drugs (6), New York City (6), Baptism (5), New York (4), Usa (4), Death (4), Based On Novel (4), Illness (4), Mirror (4), Male Prostitute (4), (3), Best Picture Oscar (3), Florida (3)
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