Dustin Hoffman
Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo
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Set in New York City, Midnight Cowboy depicts the unlikely friendship between two hustlers: naïve prostitute Joe Buck (Voight) and ailing con man Rico Rizzo (Hoffman), referred to as "Ratso". At the 42nd Academy Awards, the film won three awards: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
- $3.2 million
- John Barry
- May 25, 1969
- Jerome Hellman
Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight star as two naive hustlers who travel from Texas to New York City in search of fortune and friendship. The film won three Oscars and is a classic of the genre, but also a bleak portrayal of poverty and loneliness in the city.
- (117K)
- Drama
- John Schlesinger
- 1969-05-25
A 1969 drama about a Texas hustler and a sickly New Yorker who form a friendship. See critic and audience ratings, clips, photos, and more on Rotten Tomatoes.
- (2.3K)
- John Schlesinger
- R
- Dustin Hoffman
A classic drama about two outcasts, Joe Buck and Ratso Rizzo, who form a friendship in New York City. Joe, a naive Texas hustler, and Ratso, a sickly con man, dream of escaping to Florida, but face hardships and betrayals along the way.
Mar 5, 2024 · Midnight Cowboy, American dramatic film, released in 1969, that depicted the squalid lives and desperate friendship of two broken drifters and became the only X-rated (meaning that only adults could see it) movie to win an Academy Award for best picture (the movie’s rating was later changed to R). Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy (1969).
- Pat Bauer
Jul 5, 1994 · A classic film about the love story of a naïve drifter and a street hustler in 1960s New York, starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman. Ebert praises the performances, but criticizes the film's excesses and detours, and its treatment of the characters' reality and sexuality.
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Midnight Cowboy. 1969 · 1 hr 54 min. R. Drama. This Academy Award-winning Best Picture features Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in standout roles as a con man and a Texas hustler trying to survive on the tough streets of New York. Subtitles: English.
