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16 June 1969 (Brazil) moreTagline:
Whatever you hear about Midnight Cowboy is true. morePlot:
A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 12 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(24 articles)
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Voight, Hoffman Reminiscence In Tempo For Midnight Cowboy Screening At Laff
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Big Joe Heads To The Big Apple moreCast
(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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113 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
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:16Fun Stuff
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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. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Joe Buck is sitting on the porch, dressed in a military suit, talking about his grandmother's death, he spits backwards. moreQuotes:
[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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Virile, but naive, big Joe Buck leaves his home in Big Spring, Texas, and hustles off to the Big Apple in search of women and big bucks. In NYC, JB meets up with frustration, and with "Ratso" Rizzo, a scruffy but cordial con artist. Somehow, this mismatched pair manage to survive each other which in turn helps both of them cope with a gritty, sometimes brutal, urban America, en route to a poignant ending.
Both funny and depressing, our "Midnight Cowboy" rides head-on into the vortex of cyclonic cultural change, and thus confirms to 1969 viewers that they, themselves, have been swept away from the 1950's age of innocence, and dropped, Dorothy and Toto like, into the 1960's Age of Aquarius.
The film's direction is masterful; the casting is perfect; the acting is top notch; the script is crisp and cogent; the cinematography is engaging; and the music enhances all of the above. Deservedly, it won the best picture Oscar of 1969, and I would vote it as one of the best films of that cyclonic decade.