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Overview
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Release Date:
16 June 1969 (Brazil)
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Tagline:
Whatever you hear about Midnight Cowboy is true. more
Plot:
A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City. full summary | full synopsis
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Friend
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New York City
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Hustler
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Texas
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Male Prostitute
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Awards:
Won 3 Oscars.
Another 23 wins
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12 nominations
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(44 articles)
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Everybody's Talkin' at me, I can't hear a word they're saying
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dustin Hoffman | ... | Ratso |
 | Jon Voight | ... | Joe Buck |
 | Sylvia Miles | ... | Cass |
| John McGiver | ... | Mr. O'Daniel |
| Brenda Vaccaro | ... | Shirley |
| Barnard Hughes | ... | Towny |
| Ruth White | ... | Sally Buck - Texas |
| Jennifer Salt | ... | Annie - Texas |
| Gilman Rankin | ... | Woodsy Niles - Texas (as Gil Rankin) |
| Gary Owens | ... | Little Joe - Texas |
| T. Tom Marlow | ... | Little Joe - Texas |
| George Eppersen | ... | Ralph - Texas |
| Al Scott | ... | Cafeteria Manager - Texas |
| Linda Davis | ... | Mother on the Bus - Texas |
| J.T. Masters | ... | Old Cow-Hand - Texas |
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Runtime:
113 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono |
Dolby Digital (DVD Release)
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Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) |
Canada:14A (Manitoba) (DVD rating) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) (original rating) |
Iceland:16 |
South Korea:18 |
Brazil:16 |
Canada:18A (Canadian Home Video rating) |
Norway:15 (TV rating) |
USA:TV-MA (TV rating) |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:M |
Canada:18+ (Quebec) |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
Netherlands:12 (re-rated) |
New Zealand:R18 |
Norway:18 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Singapore:M18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 (video rating) (1988) |
UK:X (original rating) |
USA:R (re-rating) (1971) |
USA:X (original rating) |
West Germany:16
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The film was rated "X" (no one under 17 admitted) upon its original release in 1969, but the unrestricted use of that rating by pornographic filmmakers caused the rating to quickly become associated with hardcore sex films. Because of the stigma that developed around the "X" rating in the ratings system's early years, many theaters refused to run "X" films and many newspapers would not run ads for them. The film was given a new "R" (children under 17 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian) rating in 1971, without having anything changed or removed.
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Revealing mistakes: When Joe Buck is sitting on the porch, dressed in a military suit, talking about his grandmother's death, he spits backwards.
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Tears and Joys
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One of the best films of the 60's and one of the kings of X rated films (among the few which include Valley of the Dolls, Clockwork Orange, and the only one to keep the title, Last Tango in Paris) is essentially a old fashioned type of movie, sorta like American Pie was (in a way). The film stars a young Jon Voight as a guy from the pig farms of Texas who moves to New York and becomes a man-whore. While in town, he meets the memorable Ratzo Rizzo played even more memorably by Dustin Hoffman. They then form a good yet sad friendship. Stylishly compelling, with two fine performances at it's core, and even thought the X rated form might scare away some people, most sex scenes go fast with quick yet excellent editing. A very well made film experience, however never watch this film on TV, and that goes for most films that have some explicit stuff. A+