Daring. Provocative. Shocking. Compelling. Nearly 40 years after its original release, Midnight Cowboy "is still heartbreaking and 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 wealth he 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).
- Composer: John Barry
- Producer: Jerome Hellman
- Cinematographer: Adam Holender
- Production Designer: John Robert Lloyd
- Editor: Hugh A. Robertson
- Costume Designer: Ann Roth
- Screenplay: Waldo Salt
- Set Decorator : Philip Smith
- Associate Producer: Kenneth Utt
- Director: John Schlesinger
- academy award
Best Screenplay Adapted: Waldo Salt - Best Director : John Schlesinger
- Best Picture : Jerome Hellman
golden globe
Most Promising Newcomer Male: Jon Voight
grammy award
Best Instrumental Theme : John Barry
british academy award
Best Film : Midnight Cowboy- Best Actor : Dustin Hoffman
- Most Promising Newcomer : Jon Voight
directors guild of america
Best Director : John Schlesinger
british academy award
Best Director : John Schlesinger- Best Editing : Hugh A. Robertson
ny film critics circle award
Best Actor : Jon Voight
british academy award
Best Screenplay : Waldo Salt
writers guild of america
Best Written Adapted Drama : Waldo Salt
national society film critics
Best Actor : Jon Voight
david di donatello
Best Foreign Director : John Schlesinger
bodil award
Best Non-European Film : Midnight Cowboy
david di donatello
Best Foreign Actor : Dustin Hoffman
italian nat'l synd film journa
Silver Ribbon Best Foreign Director: John Schlesinger
