Midnight Cowboy (Two Disc Collector's Edition)
by John Schlesinger
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Actor: Brenda Vaccaro, Dustin Hoffman, John McGiver, Jon Voight, Sylvia MilesDirector: John Schlesinger
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Italian (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Midnight Cowboy (Two Disc Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: "A Masterpiece"
Summary: 5 Stars
Jon Voight made a name for himself in Hollywood in "Midnight Cowboy" where he stars as a naive Texan who comes to New York City with dreams of making it big being a high-class male prostitute servicing wealthy older women. He eventually encounters a con man, played brilliantly by Dustin Hoffman, who encourages him to join him in his hustling profession by ripping people off. The chemistry between Voight and Hoffman is impeccable and "Midnight Cowboy" has gone on to be a cinematic classic. Although made in 1969 the film has aged remarkably well as the subtext of the film is still predominant today as people strive to better themselves anyway they know how in order to survive. The movie won three Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director for John Schlesinger, and Best Screenplay. "Midnight Cowboy" is the only film in the history of the Oscars to win Best Picture with an X Rating as the film shows many explicit sex scenes that were even more shocking in the late '60's. Both Voight and Hoffman were nominated for Best Actor. This beautiful 2 disc set features the film in breathtaking widescreen format cleaned from its original print. As a bonus there is an informative audio commentary by Jerome Hellman and a great featurette called "After Midnight: Reflecting On The Classic 35 Years Later". Siskel and Ebert give the film "Two Thumbs Up! It stands the test of time!"
Summary of Midnight Cowboy (Two Disc Collector's Edition)
Daring. Provocative. Shocking. Compelling. Nearly thirty years after its original release, "Midnight Cowboy is still heartbreakingand timeless" (The New York Observer). This Academy Award? winner* for Best Picture, Director and 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 wealthhe 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). *1969 **1969: ActorThe 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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