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Summary:

"One of the British New Wave's most versatile directors, John Schlesinger came to New York in the late 1960s to make Midnight Cowboy, a picaresque story of friendship that captured a city in crisis and sparked a new era of Hollywood movies. Jon Voight delivers a career-making performance as Joe Buck, a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy city women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida, played by Dustin Hoffman in a radical departure from his breakthrough in The Graduate. A critical and commercial success despite controversy over what the MPAA termed its 'homosexual frame of reference,' Midnight Cowboy became the first X-rated film to receive the best picture Oscar, and decades on, its influence still reverberates through cinema"--Container.

Contributors:

Schlesinger, John, 1926-2003 , film director

Hellman, Jerome , film producer

Salt, Waldo , screenwriter

Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- , actor

Voight, Jon, 1938- , actor

Vaccaro, Brenda, 1939- , actor

McGiver, John, 1913-1975 , actor

White, Ruth, 1914-1969 , actor

Miles, Sylvia, 1924-2019 , actor

Hughes, Barnard, 1915-2006 , actor

Salt, Jennifer, 1944- , actor

Balaban, Bob , actor

Johnson, Georgann , actor

Tice, Jan, 1935-2011 , actor

Kramer, Jonathan, 1945-1976 , actor

Holender, Adam , director of photography

Robertson, Hugh A. , editor of moving image work

Barry, John, 1933-2011 , composer

Herlihy, James Leo

United Artists Corporation , presenter, production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Jerome Hellman Productions , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired (SDH).

Main Work:

Midnight cowboy (Motion picture)

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Midnight cowboy [by Herlihy, J.L.]

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 925

Subjects:

Male prostitutes — New York (State) — New York — Drama

Swindlers and swindling — New York (State) — New York — Drama

Male friendship — Drama

Outcasts — New York (State) — New York — Drama

Criminals — New York (State) — New York — Drama

Male prostitutes

Swindlers and swindling

Male friendship

Outcasts

Criminals

New York (State) — New York

Genres:

Motion pictures

Buddy films

Film adaptations

Feature films

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; LPCM 1.0 monaural and DTS-HD master audio 5.1.

Performers:

Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Ruth White, Sylvia Miles, Barnard Hughes, Jennifer Salt, Bob Balaban, Georgann Johnson, Jan Tice, Jonathan Kramer.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Adam Holender ; editor, Hugh A. Robertson ; musical supervision, John Barry.

General Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Features: New 4K digital restoration, approved by cinematographer Adam Holender, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack; Audio commentary from 1991 featuring director John Schlesinger and producer Jerome Hellman; New video essay with commentary by Holender; New photo gallery with commentary by photographer Michael Childers; The Crowd Around the Cowboy, a 1969 short film made on location for Midnight Cowboy; Waldo Salt: a Screenwriter's Journey, an Academy-Award-nominated documentary from 1990 by Eugene Corr and Robert Hillmann; Two short documentaries from 2004 on the making and release of Midnight Cowboy; Interview with actor Jon Voight on The David Frost Show from 1970; Voight's original screen test; Interview from 2000 with Schlesinger for BAFTA Los Angeles; Excerpts from the 2002 BAFTA Los Angeles tribute to Schlesinger; Trailer; An essay by critic Mark Harris.
Academy Award, 1970: Best picture; Best director; Best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : color illustrations ; folded to 17 cm).

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; surround; 1.0 LPCM; DTS-HD master audio

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

MID 1969 BLU

ISBNs:

9781681434469
1681434466

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515215312
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC2889BD

OCLC Numbers:

1031379937