1969 1h 53m John Schlesinger

Midnight Cowboy

Name: Midnight Cowboy
Genre: Drama
Released: 1969
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver

★ 7.8 IMDb

Drama

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.

Writers James Leo Herlihy, Waldo Salt

Cast Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver

DP Adam Holender

Music John Barry

Essays and Criticism

On this film

Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic by Michael Sandlin, Cineaste

In conversation with other films

Male Companionship Movies by Arthur Nolletti, Jr. by Arthur Nolletti, Jump Cut

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Awards & Festivals

Nominated Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Nominated Academy Award for Best Picture

Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Won Academy Award for Best Director

Won Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Nominated Academy Award for Best Actor

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