| Description |
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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1.0 LPCM |
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DTS-HD master audio |
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Blu-ray |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 925.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray; widescreen (aspect ratio, 1.85:1) presentation; LPCM 1.0 monaural and DTS-HD master audio 5.1 ; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired. |
| Cast |
Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Ruth White, Sylvia Miles. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Adam Holender; editor, Hugh A. Robertson; musical supervision, John Barry. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. |
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Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy. |
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Special features: audio commentary from 1991 featuring director John Schlesinger and producer Jerome Hellman; short film "The crowd around the cowboy" (1969) made on location for Midnight cowboy; trailer; "Waldo Salt : a screenwriter's journey" (1990) an Academy Award nominated documentary by Eugene Corr and Robert Hillmann; Michael Childers discusses photographs from candid images he shot during production; Adam Holender discusses his work on the film (Feb. 2018); two short 2004 documentaries on the making and release of Midnight cowboy; interview with actor Jon Voight on The David Frost show from 1970; Jon Voight's original screen test; interview from 2000 with Schlesinger for BAFTA Los Angeles with excerpts from the 2002 BAFTA LA tribute to Schlesinger, featuring Voight and actor Dustin Hoffman. |
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MPAA Rating: R |
| Summary |
Joe Buck and Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo are two small-time hustlers whose powerful friendship transcends the gritty realities of big-city life and their own unfulfilled dreams. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Awards |
Academy Award, 1970: Best picture; Best director; Best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium. |
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| Genre |
Buddy films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Schlesinger, John, 1926-2003, film director.
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Hellman, Jerome, film producer.
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Salt, Waldo, screenwriter.
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Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- actor.
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Voight, Jon, 1938- actor.
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Vaccaro, Brenda, 1939- actor.
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Barry, John, 1933-2011, composer (expression)
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Herlihy, James Leo.
Midnight cowboy.
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United Artists Corporation, presenter.
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Jerome Hellman Productions, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681434469 |
| Standard No. |
715515215312 |
| Music No. |
CC2889BD The Criterion Collection |
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