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Midnight cowboy

Summary: Joe Buck moves to New York from Texas to make his fortune servicing women. Instead, he's conned into partnering up with small-time hustler Ratso Rizzo. Living together on the tattered edges of society, these two outcasts develop an unlikely bond that helps them transcend their cruel existence.

Record details

  • Physical Description: DVD videorecording
    videodisc
    1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Los Angeles, CA] : MGM Home Entertainment ; Beverly Hills, CA : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy.
Container states : Widescreen.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Adam Holdener ; film editor, Hugh A. Robertson ; musical supervision, John Barry ; costumes, Ann Roth.
Participant or Performer Note: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Ruth White, Sylvia Miles, Barnard Hughes.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1; NTSC; full screen presentation.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
In English (Dolby Digital 5.1 surround) or dubbed French (mono), with optional subtitles in English SDH, French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English.
Awards Note:
Academy Awards, 1969: Best Picture (Jerome Hellman, Producer); Best Directing (John Schlesinger); Best Writing (Screenplay--Based on Material from Another Medium) (Waldo Salt).
Golden Globe Awards, 1970: New Star of the Year - Actor (Jon Voight).
Subject: Male prostitutes -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
Swindlers and swindling -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
Male friendship -- Drama
Genre: Feature films.
Topic Heading: Closed-captioned DVDs.

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Summary: Joe Buck moves to New York from Texas to make his fortune servicing women. Instead, he's conned into partnering up with small-time hustler Ratso Rizzo. Living together on the tattered edges of society, these two outcasts develop an unlikely bond that helps them transcend their cruel existence.

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