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List Price: $19.98Amazon.com's Price: $14.99 You Save: $4.99 (25%)Prices subject to change.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0027616135988
Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 21, 2006
Running Time: 113 minutes
Sales Rank: 3785
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1969
Editorial Review:
Description:
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: Actor
Amazon.com essential video:
The 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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - 3.5 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:
Marred only by the fact that the numerous flashback sequences are more confusing than anything else, Midnight Cowboy is an excellent and poignant urban drama whose datedness has not diminished its power.
Rating:  - check your prices
I paid 13.99 then went to Target.... 8.99. Wish I would have done my homework.
Rating: - People: no one cares what you think of the movie, could SOMEONE discuss the PRODUCT e.g. special features for gawd's sake?!?!
Seriously, nobody needs you to tell them Midnight Cowboy is a classic film, and even fewer nobodies care if you didn't "get it." The main purpose of an Amazon review, certainly of as well-known a title as this, is to discuss the product at hand -- namely the video and audio remastering, the bonus disc and special features here -- so that other customers can make an informed decision about whether to order it or not. So please -- somebody -- review THIS DVD, not the movie!
Rating: - Depressing but powerful look into the all too human
*** spoilers ***
Joe Buck is a guy who has a little too much confidence in his sexual prowess. He decided in his optimism to make a run to New York to become a hustler for rich women. He's in for a surprise as the only people into his cowboy schtick is the homosexual underground. He quickly becomes a victim to a seedy man by the name of Rico. and in a circumstantial set of events run into each other again and become roommates.
In and of themselves, the actions of these two ... Read More
Rating:  - Disappointed after I finally saw it - Midnight Cowboy
What a let-down. I had never seen the orginal movie in 1969 - finally bought it and was really disappointed in the overall movie. I really didn't see what the fuss was all about. Jon Voight and especially Dustin Hoffman gave terrific performances but I thought the movie style was really odd (was probably very cool at the time) and overall was very disappointed when I finally viewed it. Watched it once, will never watch it again probably.
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