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Midnight Cowboy

1969 film directed by John Schlesinger

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"Midnight Cowboy" is a 1969 film directed by John Schlesinger that follows a young man who comes to New York City and turns to hustling to survive. The film is notable for being the only X-rated movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, marking a significant moment in cinema history when adult-themed material received the industry's highest honor.

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Film · TMDB

7.5

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

Released: 1969-05-25113 minDir: John SchlesingerDrama

Cast

Dustin Hoffman as Ratso
Jon Voight as Joe Buck
Sylvia Miles as Cass
John McGiver as Mr. O'Daniel
Brenda Vaccaro as Shirley
Barnard Hughes as Towny

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Ratings · OMDb

IMDb

7.8/10

130,799 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

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Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama film directed by John Schlesinger, adapted by Waldo Salt from the 1965 novel 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. Set in New York City, Midnight Cowboy depicts the unlikely friendship between two lost and lonely 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. Midnight Cowboy is the only X-rated film (equivalent of the current NC-17 rating) to win Best Picture and the only X-rated film ever to win an Academy Award. It placed 36th on the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 100 greatest American films of all time, and 43rd on its 2007 updated version.