History Film / MidnightCowboy

Joe Buck (Voight) is a dishwasher in a rural Texas diner. [[CountryMouse He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer]]. One day, he decides to dress like a rodeo cowboy and move to New York, hoping to prostitute himself to wealthy women. He burns through his savings very quickly, unable to hustle, and is taken in by Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo (Hoffman), a small-time con man with a bad leg and pneumonia. They scrape by as best they can, hoping to escape to Florida one day...

''Midnight Cowboy'' is a 1969 film adapted from the novel by James Leo Herlihy, directed by John Schlesinger and starring Creator/JonVoight and Creator/DustinHoffman.

'''Midnight Cowboy''' is a 1969 film adapted from the novel by James Leo Herlihy, directed by John Schlesinger and starring Creator/JonVoight and Creator/DustinHoffman.

'''''Midnight Cowboy''''' is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy, adapted into a 1969 film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Creator/JonVoight and Creator/DustinHoffman. This article deals primarily with the movie.

The movie garnered quite a bit of controversy upon its release, being given an [[UsefulNotes/MediaClassifications "X" rating]] by the [[MoralGuardians MPAA]] (though this was reduced to an "R" the following year). However, it won UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for Best Picture and Director and for Waldo Salt's adapted screenplay, and is now seen as one of the defining movies of its era.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Joe and Rizzo take a bus from New York to Miami to fulfill Rizzo's dream of living there. Not far outside Miami, Joe realizes that Rizzo has quietly died in the seat next to him. The movie ends with Joe hugging his dead friend and shedding ManlyTears as the bus continues towards Miami.]]

* RapeAsDrama: The flashbacks of [[spoiler: "Crazy Annie" and Joe Buck getting gang raped.]]

* RedLightDistrict: 42nd Street.

* ImagineSpot

The movie garnered quite a bit of controversy upon its release, being given an [[UsefulNotes/MediaClassifications "X" rating]] by the [[MoralGuardians MPAA]] (though this was reduced to an "R" the following year). However, it won {{Academy Award}}s for Best Picture and Director and for Waldo Salt's adapted screenplay, and is now seen as one of the defining movies of its era.

* FakeOutOpening: The film begins with a white screen and the traditional movie [[TheWestern Western]] sounds of cowboys and Indians fighting. Then the camera pulls back to reveal that it's actually the screen of an empty DriveInTheater.

* DriveInTheater: The film opens with a shot of the "[[EverythingIsBigInTexas Big Tex]] Drive-In".

* CampGay: Jackie, the swishy guy who flirts with Joe (and spars with Ratso) at the bar.
* CoolestClubEver: The [[Creator/AndyWarhol Warholesque]] invitation-only party Joe and Ratso attend. (Several of Warhol's "superstars" appear as extras.)

* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Buck and Rizzo take a bus from New York to Miami to fulfill Rizzo's dream of living there. Not far outside Miami, Buck realizes that Rizzo has quietly died in the seat next to him. Movie ends with Buck hugging his dead friend as bus continues towards Miami.]]

* IronicNurseryTune: Joe flashes back to his mother singing "Hush, Little Baby" while riding the bus at night.

* IronicNurseryTune

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold

* CampGay

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Rizzo and Joe. Though not without a fair bit of HoYay, as Rizzo has a few fantasy dream sequences of the two of them running along a sunny beach together.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Rizzo and Joe. Though not without a fair bit of hoyay, as Rizzo has a few fantasy dream sequences of the two of them running along a sunny beach together.

* CoolestClubEver

The movie garnered quite a bit of controversy upon its release, being given an [[UsefulNotes/MediaClassifications "X" rating]] by the [[MoralGuardians MPAA]] (though this was reduced to an "R" the following year). However, it won {{Academy Award}}s for Best Picture and Director for Waldo Salt's adapted screenplay, and is now seen as one of the defining movies of its era.

The movie garnered quite a bit of controversy upon its release, being given an [[UsefulNotes/MediaClassifications "X" rating]] by the [[MoralGuardians MPAA]] (though this was reduced to an "R" the following year). However, it won {{Academy Award}}s for Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay (by Waldo Salt), and is now seen as one of the defining movies of its era.

The movie garnered quite a bit of controversy upon its release, being given an [[UsefulNotes/MediaClassifications "X" rating]] by the [[MoralGuardians MPAA]] (though this was reduced to an "R" the following year). However, it won {{Academy Award}}s for Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay (by Waldo Salt), and is now seen as one of the defining movies of the late '60s.

The movie garnered quite a bit of controversy upon its release, being given an [[UsefulNotes/MediaClassifications "X" rating]] by the [[MoralGuardians MPAA]] (though this was reduced to an "R" the following year). However, it won {{Academy Award}}s for Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay (by Waldo Salt), and has come to be seen as one of the defining movies of the late '60s.

The movie garnered quite a bit of controversy upon its release, being given an [[UsefulNotes/MediaClassifications "X" rating]] by the [[MoralGuardians MPAA]] (though this was reduced to an "R" the following year). However, it won {{Academy Award}}s for Best Picture, director Schlesinger and screenwriter Waldo Salt, and is now seen as one of the defining movies of the late '60s.

The movie garnered quite a bit of controversy upon its release, being given an [[UsefulNotes/MediaClassifications "X" rating]] by the [[MoralGuardians MPAA]] (though this was reduced to an "R" the following year). However, it won {{Academy Award}}s for Best Picture, director Schlesinger, and screenwriter Waldo Salt, and is now seen as one of the defining movies of the late '60s.

The movie garnered quite a bit of controversy upon its release, being given an [[UsefulNotes/MediaClassifications "X" rating]] by the [[MoralGuardians MPAA]] (though this was reduced to an "R" the following year). However, it won {{Academy Award}}s for Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay, and is now seen as one of the defining movies of the late '60s.

The movie garnered quite a bit of controversy upon its release, being given an [[UsefulNotes/MediaClassifications "X" rating]] by the [[MoralGuardians MPAA]] (though this was reduced to an "R" the following year). It is seen as one of the defining movies of the late '60s.

Joe Buck is a dishwasher in a rural Texas diner. [[CountryMouse He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer]]. One day, he decides to dress like a rodeo cowboy and move to New York, hoping to prostitute himself to wealthy women. He burns through his savings very quickly, unable to hustle, and is taken in by Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, a small-time con man with a bad leg and pneumonia. They scrape by as best they can, hoping to escape to Florida one day...

''Midnight Cowboy'' is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy, adapted into a 1969 film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Creator/JonVoight and Creator/DustinHoffman. This article deals primarily with the movie.

* DownerEnding