Midnight Cowboy (1969) ENG

Language: English Taglines: For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it. (1980 re-release) Genres: Drama Country: USA Director: John Schlesinger Writers: Waldo Salt (screenplay), James Leo Herlihy (based on the novel by) Cast: 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 Storyline: Texas greenhorn Joe Buck arrives in New York for the first time. Preening himself as a real ’hustler’, he finds that he is the one getting ’hustled’ until he teams up with a down-and-out but resilient outcast named Ratso Rizzo. The initial ’country cousin meets city cousin’ relationship deepens. In their efforts to bilk a hostile world rebuffing them at every turn, this unlikely pair progress from partners in shady business to comrades. Each has found his first real friend. Note: Won 3 Oscars.