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Overview

User Rating:
8.0/10   31,415 votes
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Director:
John Schlesinger
Writers:
Waldo Salt (screenplay)
James Leo Herlihy (novel)
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Release Date:
16 June 1969 (Brazil) more
Genre:
Drama more
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
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 12 nominations more
User Comments:
Disturbing in a way, but great as well more (242 total)

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
113 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Italian
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Dolby Digital (DVD Release)
Certification:
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

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Teenage girl fans of The Graduate (1967) would scream when they saw Dustin Hoffman filming in the streets of New York, even though he was in his filthy costume as Rizzo. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: After Joe Buck's encounter with Towny, he and Ratso board the bus to Miami. But the bus then enters the south tube of the Lincoln Tunnel, which only carries eastbound traffic into New York. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Joe Buck: Whoopee-tee-yi-yo. Get along little dogies. It's your misfortune and none of my own.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Edge of Outside (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Joe Buck Rides Again more

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37 out of 57 people found the following comment useful.
Disturbing in a way, but great as well, 23 June 2003
9/10
Author: rbverhoef (rbverhoef@hotmail.com) from The Hague, Netherlands

'Midnight Cowboy' was rated X with the original release back in 1969. There are some scenes where you can understand that, just a little. The movie about Joe Buck (Jon Voight) coming from Texas to New York City to become a hustler is sometimes a little disturbing. Dressed up as a cowboy he tries to live as a hustler, making money by the act of love. It does not work out as he planned. After a guy named Rico 'Ratso' Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman) first pulled a trick on him and stole some money they become friends. They live in an empty and very filthy apartment. Then Ratso gets sick and Joe has to try to make some money.

The movie was probably rated X for the main subject but on the way we see some strange things. The editing in this movie is great. We see dream sequences from Joe and Ratso interrupted by the real world in a nice and sometimes funny way. Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight and the supporting actors give great performances. Especially Hoffman delivers some fine famous lines. The score is done by John Barry and sounds great. All this makes this a great movie that won the Best Picture Oscar for a good reason.

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