"Superb performances and a compelling script have made this film a strange mix of Oscar-Winner and cult classic" ***** Empire
Daring, Provocative, Shocking, Compelling. Nearly thirty years after its original release, "Midnight Cowboy is still heartbreaking - and timeless" (The New York Observer). This Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, Best Director and adapted Screenplay also boasts Oscar-Nominated performances by Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, neither of whom have "Ever been better on screen than they are here" (Chicago Tribune)!
When Joe Buck (Voight), a good-looking, naively charming Texas "cowboy" makes his way to the Big Apple to seek his fortune, the only wealth he finds is in the friendship of Ratso Rizzo (Hoffman), a scrounging, sleazy, small-time con man with big dreams. Living on the tattered fringe of society, these two outcasts develop an unlikely bond - one that transcends their broken dreams and get-rich-quick schemes and makes Midnight Cowboy "that rarest of things: [a film] every bit as moving now as it was when it was [first] released" (Premiere Magazine).
Starring:
Dustin Hoffman
Jon Voight
Sylvia Miles
John McGiver
Brenda Vaccaro
Barnard Hughes
Ruth White
Jennifer Salt
Gilman Rankin
Gary Owens
T. Tom Marlow
George Eppersen
Al Scott
Linda Davis
J.T. Masters
Directed by John Schlesinger
Special Features:
'Reflecting of the Classics 35 years later' Documentary