Front Cover |
Actor |
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Movie Details |
Director |
John Schlesinger |
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Language |
English |
Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
Running Time |
113 mins |
Country |
USA |
Color |
Color |
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Plot |
The first, and only, X-rated film to win a best picture Academy Award, John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy seems a lot less daring today (and has been reclassified as an R), but remains a fascinating time capsule of late-1960s sexual decadence in mainstream American cinema. In a career-making performance, Jon Voight plays Joe Buck, a naive Texas dishwasher who goes to the big city (New York) to make his fortune as a sexual hustler. Although enthusiastic about selling himself to rich ladies for stud services, he quickly finds it hard to make a living and eventually crashes in a seedy dump with a crippled petty thief named Ratzo Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman, doing one of his more effective "stupid acting tricks," with a limp and a high-pitch rasp of a voice). Schlesinger's quick-cut, semi-psychedelic style has dated severely, as has his ruthlessly cynical approach to almost everybody but the lead characters. But at its heart the movie is a sad tale of friendship between a couple of losers lost in the big city, and with an ending no studio would approve today. It's a bit like an urban Of Mice and Men, but where both guys are Lenny. --Jim Emerson |
Personal Details |
Seen It |
Yes |
Index |
22 |
Collection Status |
In Collection |
Links |
Amazon US
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Product Details |
Format |
DVD |
Region |
Region 1 |
Screen Ratio |
1.85:1 |
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027616603890 |
Release Date |
1/1/2000 |
Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono |
Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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