Dustin Hoffman
Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo
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Midnight Cowboy. Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama film directed by John Schlesinger, adapted by Waldo Salt from the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. The film stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, with supporting roles played by Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Salt and Barnard Hughes.
Midnight Cowboy: Directed by John Schlesinger. With Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver. A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.
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- John Schlesinger
- 1969-05-25
6 days ago · 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). ( Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay ...
- Pat Bauer
Midnight Cowboy. Convinced of his irresistible appeal to women, Texas dishwasher Joe Buck (Jon Voight) quits his job and heads for New York City, thinking he'll latch on to some rich dowager. New ...
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- John Schlesinger
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- Dustin Hoffman
Feb 26, 2021 · Later on, after Midnight Cowboy won best picture, an embarrassed board supposedly pleaded with producer Jerome Hellman and director John Schlesinger to snip a few frames of the film so that board ...
- Glenn Frankel
Ebert revisits the 1969 classic about two drifters, Joe Buck and Ratso Rizzo, and criticizes the film's excesses and gimmicks. He praises the acting of Voight and Hoffman, but finds the story and the director lacking.
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A naive hustler from Texas and a sickly con man from New York form an unlikely friendship and travel to Florida in this classic drama. IMDb provides summaries, cast and crew, user reviews, trivia, and FAQ for the film.
