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Midnight Cowboy | 
 enlarge | Director: John Schlesinger
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John Mcgiver, Brenda Vaccaro
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  157 reviews
Sales Rank: 3619
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 113 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.7 x 0.6
MPN: D906038D
ISBN: 0792833287
UPC: 027616603890
EAN: 9780792833284
ASIN: 0792833287
Theatrical Release Date: 1969
Release Date: January 1, 2000
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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
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Daring. Provocative. Shocking. Compelling. Nearly thirty years after its original release, "Midnight Cowboy is still heartbreakingand timeless" (The New York Observer). This Academy AwardÂ(r) winner* for Best Picture, Director and Screenplay also boasts OscarÂ(r)-nominated** performances by Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, neither of whom have "ever been better on screen than they are here" (Chicago Tribune)! When Joe Buck (Voight), a good-looking,naively charming Texas "cowboy" makes his way to the Big Apple to seek his fortune, the only wealthhe finds is in the friendship of Ratso Rizzo (Hoffman), a scrounging, sleazy, small-time con man with big dreams. Living on the tattered fringe of society, these two outcasts develop an unlikely bond one that transcends their broken dreams and get-rich-quick schemes and makes Midnight Cowboy "that rarest of things: [a film] every bit as moving now as it was when it was [first] released" (Premiere). *1969 **1969: Actor
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 Midnight Cowboy gets better with age August 11, 2008
R. Washburn
I was a corporal in the US Army when this movie was released, and a bunch of us GIs saw it at the base theater at Fort Holabird, Maryland. There were a few scenes we weren't thrilled with, but overall we enjoyed the movie. Fast forward nearly forty years, and I can only say the movie has aged like a fine wine. Yeah, "that scene" is still a little controversial, but the acting, photography, and sound track put this movie on my top-ten list of best movies. The "behind the scenes" disc is outstanding and made me appreciate even more the logistics involved in making this such a great picture.
 One of the Best Films of All Time! Too Bad About the DVD! August 10, 2008
Frederick Baptist (Singapore)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
They sure don't make films today like they used to and this film has pretty good company having been made around the time of "Easy Rider", "2001-A Space Odyssey", "The Graduate" all great films that address social and other issues aka films of great depth that transcend the ages. This film is sometimes funny, certainly shocking but for me very moving and touching. This film is about people and how they use and are used by others ultimately causing them to become and to live the way that they do. Some may say that little has changed since 1969 and that's probably why this film will continue to stand the test of time and remain the classic that it still is. 2 people are used by others for their selfish needs and in the midst of their despair at not being able to achieve their dreams they find redemption and learn to care for each other.
I thought both Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman were excellent in their roles and the film just like in "Easy Rider" unabashedly shows the life of the underbelly of New York City at the time warts and all just as that film tried to do the same for the Hippy movement of the time in California. I especially liked the New York Underground party scene that gives us a glimpse of what Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground were singing about in their classic 1967 album.
The only problem is with the quality of the dvd. The sound quality is okay having been given the Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround treatment but the picture quality is woeful filled with white spots and other imperfections throughout.
Daring, disturbing, sad but ultimately moving and heartwarming to see that in the depths of despair and sleaze, human dignity, compassion and friendship can still survive as two apparent misfits from society's point of view end up being the only truly sane and humane people in the film.
A very good film and one of my personal favourites although you should wait for the Blu-ray version if it has a properly restored version for a vastly improved picture and sound quality.
something's missing May 29, 2008
Jane Phillips (Maine USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved Midnight Cowboy, however this version is shortened from what I remember. Some scenes shortened or left out.
Still... May 24, 2008
N. Simmons
...my favorite movie ever made. And I've always felt that things were going to improve for Joe in Florida (Ratso's character had served his purpose) - I get that from his reaction to the girl who smiles and is kind to him at that last bus stop.....he is a different person, now.
acting tour de force! May 7, 2008
Kerry O. Burns
MIDNIGHT COWBOY will always be a classic due to the superb acting by Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman. Top notch performances also by Sylvia Miles, Brenda Vaccaro, Barnard Hughes and splendid direction by John Schlesinger and a legendary song 'Everybodys Talkin' by Harry Nilsson. Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. This film released in 1969 brings two 'losers' together in the big city and their unlikely relationship culminates in one of the most impressionable final film scenes of all-time. A little dated as far as the outrageous party scenes but still a powerful, emotional film.
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