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Feb 26, 2021 · The long-standing myth is that the Motion Picture Association of America’s prudish ratings board, repelled by Midnight Cowboy’s scenes of fellatio, sodomy, homosexuality, and sadomasochism...
Midnight Cowboy is the only X-rated film (the current equivalent of an NC-17 rating) to win Best Picture. It placed 36th on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest American films of all time, and 43rd on its 2007 updated version.
May 24, 2019 · Scott Tobias. Fri 24 May 2019 02.00 EDT. M idnight Cowboy was the first and only X-rated film to win the Academy Award for best picture, a fact that’s useful to know on trivia night, but...
May 25, 2019 · It was the first studio film to receive an X-rating (the studio refused to edit anything out), and it became the first X-rated movie to be nominated and win a Best Picture Oscar ( A...
Jun 30, 2023 · That content famously earned Midnight Cowboy an “X” rating. It went on to become the first X-rated movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture (and presumably the last, because the...
Aug 9, 2023 · The rating fueled curiosity and Midnight Cowboy went on to gross $45 million ($374 million today) on a $3 million budget. It also won best picture at the 1970 Oscars — the only X-rated film...
Jul 5, 1994 · Note: "Midnight Cowboy" was rated "X" by the MPAA when it was first released, and became the first (and last) X-rated film to win an Academy Award as best picture. At the time, the nudity and the frank portrait of prostitution and homosexuality was shocking.
