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Midnight Cowboy
1969 113 min United States of America NC-17 18+
★8.4
Drama
Director: John Schlesinger
🎭 Based on
«Midnight Cowboy»
byJames Leo Herlihy
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Description
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.
Budget:
$3.6M
US Gross:
$44.79M
Worldwide:
$44.79M
Starring
Dustin Hoffman
Actor
Jon Voight
Actor
Sylvia Miles
Actor
Awards
Academy Awards 1970
— Best Director
Academy Awards 1970
— Best Picture
BAFTA 1970
— Best Picture
Academy Awards 1970
— Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Awards 1970
— Best Supporting Actress
Academy Awards 1970
— Best Film Editing
Golden Globe 1970
— Best Debut
BAFTA 1970
— Best Director
BAFTA 1970
— Best Screenplay
BAFTA 1970
— Best Film Editing
Academy Awards 1970
— Best Actor
Golden Globe 1970
— Best Supporting Actress
Golden Globe 1970
— Best Director
Golden Globe 1970
— Best Screenplay
BAFTA 1970
— Most Promising Lead Debut
BAFTA 1970
— United Nations Award
Golden Globe 1970
— Best Actor (Drama)
Golden Globe 1970
— Best Picture (Drama)
Berlin International Film Festival 1969
— OCIC Award
Berlin International Film Festival 1969
— Golden Bear
Key opinion
Midnight Cowboy is widely regarded as a definitive work of the New Hollywood era, lauded for its unflinching portrayal of urban disillusionment and the crumbling American Dream. While some viewers initially find the non-linear structure and harsh atmosphere challenging, the film is anchored by the extraordinary, emotionally resonant performances of Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight.
| Acting | Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight deliver masterful performances that provide the film with its emotional core and sense of gritty realism. | |
| Theme | The film serves as a landmark cultural artifact, effectively dismantling the American Dream through the lens of late-60s urban decay. | |
| Direction | John Schlesinger’s direction utilizes bold, hallucinatory stylistic choices that successfully mirror the protagonists' sense of displacement and confusion. | |
| Pacing | The narrative structure, characterized by fragmented, non-linear flashbacks, proves polarizing; some find it a compelling reflection of character psychology, while others experience it as a confusing barrier to initial engagement. |