"When it opened in the theaters in 1969, John Schlesinger’s masterpiece Midnight Cowboy shook Hollywood to its core. The story of wannabe hustler, Joe Buck (Jon Voight), and his limping, brash compatriot, ‘Ratso’ Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), not only exposed audiences to the dark corners of society but condemned a system that left people dead on the street, which is portrayed in the movie’s opening montage with Harry Nilsson’s ‘Everybody’s Talkin’ on the soundtrack. ... Writer-director Nancy Buirski’s compelling documentary, Desperate Souls, Dark City & The Legend of Midnight Cowboy contextualizes this cultural juggernaut, which garnered Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. ...”
2017 September: Midnight Cowboy - John Schlesinger (1969)
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