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Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in...

Midnight Cowboy

( Catalog Number ML104687 )
(1.85:1) (4 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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One of the Best Versions on LaserDisc

Midnight Cowboy
1969 - 113 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Joe Buck (Jon Voight), an aspiring male prostitute from Texas, heads to Manhattan where he hopes to find plenty of wealthy women willing to pay for the services of a handsome man. When he arrives, the naive country boy befriends Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), a tubercular homeless con artist who dreams of moving to Florida. As they go about trying to get the money Ratso needs, the two men confront the seediness, corruption, and cruelty that flourish in the big city. 

Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy, this Oscar-winning film (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay) features brilliant performances by Voight and Hoffman, and brings to the screen an unusually gritty realism in its portrayal of the streets of New York City.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Based on a James Leo Herlihy novel, British director John Schlesinger's first American film dramatized the small hopes, dashed dreams, and unlikely friendship of two late '60s lost souls. Dreaming of an easy life as a fantasy cowboy stud, cheerful Texas rube Joe Buck (Jon Voight) heads to New York City to be a gigolo, but he quickly discovers that hustling isn't what he thought it would be after he winds up paying his first trick (Sylvia Miles). He gets swindled by gimpy tubercular grifter Rico "Ratso" Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman) but, when Joe falls in the direst of straits, Ratso takes Joe into his condemned apartment so that they can help each other survive. Things start to look up when Joe finally lands his first legit female customer (Brenda Vaccaro) at a Warhol-esque party; Ratso's health, however, fails. Joe turns to a final trick to get the money for one selfless goal: taking Ratso out of New York to his dream life in Miami. One of the first major studio films given the newly minted X rating for its then-frank portrayal of New York decadence, Midnight Cowboy was critically praised for Schlesinger's insight into American lives, with the intercut mosaic of Joe's memories and Ratso's dreams lending their characters and actions greater psychological complexity. While they may have been drawn by the seamy content (tame by current standards), the young late '60s audience responded to Joe's and Ratso's confusion amidst turbulent times and to the connection they make with each other despite their alienation from the surrounding culture. Midnight Cowboy became one of the major financial and artistic hits of 1969, winning Oscars for Best Picture (the first for an X-rated film), Best Director, and former blacklistee Waldo Salt's screenplay. Though the one-two punch of Midnight Cowboy and The Graduate (1967) proved Hoffman's range and Voight's Joe Buck made him a star, both lost Best Actor to classical cowboy John Wayne for True Grit. Even though it was a hit, the Academy ignored Harry Nilsson's theme song "Everybody's Talking." Lucia Bozzola

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Cast for Midnight Cowboy

Dustin Hoffman - Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo
Jon Voight - Joe Buck
Sylvia Miles - Cass
John McGiver - O'Daniel
Brenda Vaccaro - Shirley
Barnard Hughes - Towny
Ruth White - Sally Buck
Jennifer Salt - Annie
Gil Rankin - Woodsy Niles
T. Tom Marlow - Little Joe
George Epperson - Ralph
Al Scott - Cafeteria Manager
Linda Davis - Mother on Bus
J.T. Masters - Old Cowhand
Arlene Reeder - Old Lady
Georgann Johnson - Rich Lady
Anthony Holland - TV Bishop
Bob Balaban - The Young Student
Jan Tice - Freaked-Out Lady
Paul Benjamin - Bartender
Peter Scalia - Grocer
Arthur Anderson - Hotel Clerk
Tina Scala - Laundromat Lady
Alma Felix - Laundromat Ladies
Richard Clarke - Escort Service Man
Ann Thomas - The Frantic Lady
Al Stetson - Bus Driver
Viva - Gretel McAlbertson
Gastone Rossilli - Hansel McAlbertson
Paul Jabara - At the Party
International Velvet
Cecelia Lipson
Taylor Mead - At the Party
Paul Morrissey - At the Party
M. Emmet Walsh
Gary Owens - Young Joe
Joan Murphy - Waitress
Ultra Violet - At the Party
John Kramer - Jackie
Paul Jasmin - Party Guest

Crew for Midnight Cowboy

John Schlesinger - Director
Jerome Hellman - Producer
Waldo Salt - Screenwriter
Adam Holender - Cinematographer
John Barry - Composer (Music Score)
Hugh A. Robertson - Editor
John Robert Lloyd - Production Designer
Kenneth Utt - Associate Producer
Phil Smith - Set Designer
Ann Roth - Costume Designer
Irving Buchman - Makeup
Dick Smith - Special Effects
Richard C. Kratina - Camera Operator

Awards for Midnight Cowboy

Best Actor (nom) Jon Voight 1969 Academy
Best Actor (nom) Dustin Hoffman 1969 Academy
Best Adapted Screenplay (win) Waldo Salt 1969 Academy
Best Director (win) John Schlesinger 1969 Academy
Best Editing (nom) Hugh A. Robertson 1969 Academy
Best Picture (win) 1969 Academy
Best Supporting Actress (nom) Sylvia Miles 1969 Academy
Catholic Film Office Award (win) John Schlesinger 1969 Berlin International Film Festival
Competing Film John Schlesinger 1969 Berlin International Film Festival
Best Actor (win) Dustin Hoffman 1969 British Academy Awards
Best Direction (win) John Schlesinger 1969 British Academy Awards
Best Editing (win) Hugh A. Robertson 1969 British Academy Awards
Best Film (win) John Schlesinger 1969 British Academy Awards
Best Screenplay (win) Waldo Salt 1969 British Academy Awards
Most Promising Newcomer (win) Jon Voight 1969 British Academy Awards
Best Director 1969 Directors Guild of America
Best Actor Dustin Hoffman 1969 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Actor (win) Jon Voight 1969 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Direction John Schlesinger 1969 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Film John Schlesinger 1969 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Screenwriting Waldo Salt 1969 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actor Dustin Hoffman 1969 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Actor 1969 SOC
Best Film 1969 SOC
U.S. National Film Registry (win) 1994 Library of Congress
100 Greatest American Movies (win) 1998 American Film Institute

Feature Details

Title: Midnight Cowboy
Feature Release Date: 1969
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 113 Minutes
Chapters: 50
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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LD Release Date: 26 Oct 1994
Catalog Number: ML104687
UPC: 027616468765
ISBN: 0792824784
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: MGM/UA Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 4
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: ML104687
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in...

Midnight Cowboy

( Catalog Number ML104687 )
(1.85:1) (4 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

One of the Best Versions on LaserDisc

Midnight Cowboy
1969 - 113 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Joe Buck (Jon Voight), an aspiring male prostitute from Texas, heads to Manhattan where he hopes to find plenty of wealthy women willing to pay for the services of a handsome man. When he arrives, the naive country boy befriends Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), a tubercular homeless con artist who dreams of moving to Florida. As they go about trying to get the money Ratso needs, the two men confront the seediness, corruption, and cruelty that flourish in the big city. 

Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy, this Oscar-winning film (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay) features brilliant performances by Voight and Hoffman, and brings to the screen an unusually gritty realism in its portrayal of the streets of New York City.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Based on a James Leo Herlihy novel, British director John Schlesinger's first American film dramatized the small hopes, dashed dreams, and unlikely friendship of two late '60s lost souls. Dreaming of an easy life as a fantasy cowboy stud, cheerful Texas rube Joe Buck (Jon Voight) heads to New York City to be a gigolo, but he quickly discovers that hustling isn't what he thought it would be after he winds up paying his first trick (Sylvia Miles). He gets swindled by gimpy tubercular grifter Rico "Ratso" Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman) but, when Joe falls in the direst of straits, Ratso takes Joe into his condemned apartment so that they can help each other survive. Things start to look up when Joe finally lands his first legit female customer (Brenda Vaccaro) at a Warhol-esque party; Ratso's health, however, fails. Joe turns to a final trick to get the money for one selfless goal: taking Ratso out of New York to his dream life in Miami. One of the first major studio films given the newly minted X rating for its then-frank portrayal of New York decadence, Midnight Cowboy was critically praised for Schlesinger's insight into American lives, with the intercut mosaic of Joe's memories and Ratso's dreams lending their characters and actions greater psychological complexity. While they may have been drawn by the seamy content (tame by current standards), the young late '60s audience responded to Joe's and Ratso's confusion amidst turbulent times and to the connection they make with each other despite their alienation from the surrounding culture. Midnight Cowboy became one of the major financial and artistic hits of 1969, winning Oscars for Best Picture (the first for an X-rated film), Best Director, and former blacklistee Waldo Salt's screenplay. Though the one-two punch of Midnight Cowboy and The Graduate (1967) proved Hoffman's range and Voight's Joe Buck made him a star, both lost Best Actor to classical cowboy John Wayne for True Grit. Even though it was a hit, the Academy ignored Harry Nilsson's theme song "Everybody's Talking." Lucia Bozzola

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Cast for Midnight Cowboy

Dustin Hoffman - Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo
Jon Voight - Joe Buck
Sylvia Miles - Cass
John McGiver - O'Daniel
Brenda Vaccaro - Shirley
Barnard Hughes - Towny
Ruth White - Sally Buck
Jennifer Salt - Annie
Gil Rankin - Woodsy Niles
T. Tom Marlow - Little Joe
George Epperson - Ralph
Al Scott - Cafeteria Manager
Linda Davis - Mother on Bus
J.T. Masters - Old Cowhand
Arlene Reeder - Old Lady
Georgann Johnson - Rich Lady
Anthony Holland - TV Bishop
Bob Balaban - The Young Student
Jan Tice - Freaked-Out Lady
Paul Benjamin - Bartender
Peter Scalia - Grocer
Arthur Anderson - Hotel Clerk
Tina Scala - Laundromat Lady
Alma Felix - Laundromat Ladies
Richard Clarke - Escort Service Man
Ann Thomas - The Frantic Lady
Al Stetson - Bus Driver
Viva - Gretel McAlbertson
Gastone Rossilli - Hansel McAlbertson
Paul Jabara - At the Party
International Velvet
Cecelia Lipson
Taylor Mead - At the Party
Paul Morrissey - At the Party
M. Emmet Walsh
Gary Owens - Young Joe
Joan Murphy - Waitress
Ultra Violet - At the Party
John Kramer - Jackie
Paul Jasmin - Party Guest

Crew for Midnight Cowboy

John Schlesinger - Director
Jerome Hellman - Producer
Waldo Salt - Screenwriter
Adam Holender - Cinematographer
John Barry - Composer (Music Score)
Hugh A. Robertson - Editor
John Robert Lloyd - Production Designer
Kenneth Utt - Associate Producer
Phil Smith - Set Designer
Ann Roth - Costume Designer
Irving Buchman - Makeup
Dick Smith - Special Effects
Richard C. Kratina - Camera Operator

Awards for Midnight Cowboy

Best Actor (nom) Jon Voight 1969 Academy
Best Actor (nom) Dustin Hoffman 1969 Academy
Best Adapted Screenplay (win) Waldo Salt 1969 Academy
Best Director (win) John Schlesinger 1969 Academy
Best Editing (nom) Hugh A. Robertson 1969 Academy
Best Picture (win) 1969 Academy
Best Supporting Actress (nom) Sylvia Miles 1969 Academy
Catholic Film Office Award (win) John Schlesinger 1969 Berlin International Film Festival
Competing Film John Schlesinger 1969 Berlin International Film Festival
Best Actor (win) Dustin Hoffman 1969 British Academy Awards
Best Direction (win) John Schlesinger 1969 British Academy Awards
Best Editing (win) Hugh A. Robertson 1969 British Academy Awards
Best Film (win) John Schlesinger 1969 British Academy Awards
Best Screenplay (win) Waldo Salt 1969 British Academy Awards
Most Promising Newcomer (win) Jon Voight 1969 British Academy Awards
Best Director 1969 Directors Guild of America
Best Actor Dustin Hoffman 1969 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Actor (win) Jon Voight 1969 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Direction John Schlesinger 1969 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Film John Schlesinger 1969 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Screenwriting Waldo Salt 1969 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actor Dustin Hoffman 1969 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Actor 1969 SOC
Best Film 1969 SOC
U.S. National Film Registry (win) 1994 Library of Congress
100 Greatest American Movies (win) 1998 American Film Institute

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