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You are in: Midnight Cowboy [1969]
starring:
Dustin Hoffman,
Jon Voight,
Sylvia Miles,
John McGiver,
Brenda Vaccaro,
Barnard Hughes,
Ruth White (II),
Jennifer Salt,
Gilman Rankin,
Gary Owens (III),
T. Tom Marlow,
George Eppersen,
Al Scott,
Linda Davis,
J.T. Mastersdirected by:
John Schlesinger
Price: £7.50
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Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Audience Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Binding: VHS Tape
Brand: MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
EAN: 5013037142136
Format: Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
Label: MGM Home Ent. (Europe) Ltd.
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageAnalogItalianOriginal LanguageAnalog
Manufacturer: MGM Home Ent. (Europe) Ltd.
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM Home Ent. (Europe) Ltd.
Release Date: March 20, 2026
Running Time: 108 minutes
Studio: MGM Home Ent. (Europe) Ltd.
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk Review:
The first, and only, X-rated film to win a best picture Academy Award, John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy seems a lot less daring today (and has been reclassified as an R), but remains a fascinating time capsule of late-1960s sexual decadence in mainstream American cinema. In a career-making performance, Jon Voight plays Joe Buck, a naive Texas dishwasher who goes to the big city (New York) to make his fortune as a sexual hustler. Although enthusiastic about selling himself to rich ladies for stud services, he quickly finds it hard to make a living and eventually crashes in a seedy dump with a crippled petty thief named Ratzo Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman, doing one of his more effective "stupid acting tricks," with a limp and a high-pitch rasp of a voice). Schlesinger's quick-cut, semi-psychedelic style has dated severely, as has his ruthlessly cynical approach to almost everybody but the lead characters. But at its heart the movie is a sad tale of friendship between a couple of losers lost in the big city, and with an ending no studio would approve today. It's a bit like an urban Of Mice and Men, but where both guys are Lenny. --Jim Emerson
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Midnight cowboy is a film that runs through a good range of emotions,its a film that is ultimately tragic,a film with good laughs,poignant,reflective,thrilling and is a coming of age drama as well.Its a film that was released in 1969,won an oscar and both dustin hoffman and jon voight were nominated for best oscar awards.
Jon Voight plays joe buck who has dreams of moving to new york and makinghis fortune but he is a naive country fellow,and he meets hoffman who plays ricco who represents the ... Read More
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What a classic!!
The acting is brilliant and the story with the famous tune running through it makes it a must see.
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Absolute class. From the crisp acting to the passionate directing John Schlesinger's moving adaptation of James Herlihy's bestseller is a movie that stuns and amuses to great extent. Dustin Hoffman is brilliant as a small time con man with big dreams of the Florida high life, and Jon Voight proves his acting talent as a Texan with dreams of his own, and as they wind their friendship through 'get rich quick' schemes and the sleazy side of the big apple, this film has emerged as a cult classic, with a ... Read More
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Midnight Cowboy starts with cowboy Joe Buck leaving Texas to go to New York + try to make his living as a hustler - or male prostitute as we may call him. Not an ideal job, but maybe better than washing dishes. In New York he meets the crippled Enrique 'Ratso' Rizzo who decides to manage Joe - not too successfully. The film follows the duo's fortunes + misfortunes as they try to make a living on the streets of New York. It's a touching film of friendship which ends tragically just as Rizzo seems ... Read More
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Such a great film deserves a much better tranfer to DVD.
The idiots who messed around with this, turned down the tremendous soundtrack. Quite frankly, what made this film outstanding, in my eyes, was the music. Apparently the folk who tampered with this masterpiece don't agree. You can often barely hear it. A great shame.