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The Resource Midnight cowboy, United Artists ; a Jerome Hellman-John Schlesinger production ; screenplay by Waldo Salt ; producer, Jerome Hellman ; director, John Schlesinger

Midnight cowboy, United Artists ; a Jerome Hellman-John Schlesinger production ; screenplay by Waldo Salt ; producer, Jerome Hellman ; director, John Schlesinger

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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
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (113 min.)
Note
  • Title information from title frames
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1969
  • Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy
  • Features: New 4K digital restoration, approved by cinematographer Adam Holender; Alternate 5.1 surround 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; Essay by critic Mark Harris
Contents
  • Disc one. [Feature film]
  • disc two. [Special features]
Isbn
9781681434476
Instance
Label
Midnight cowboy
Title
Midnight cowboy
Statement of responsibility
United Artists ; a Jerome Hellman-John Schlesinger production ; screenplay by Waldo Salt ; producer, Jerome Hellman ; director, John Schlesinger
Contributor
Actor
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film producer
Presenter
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
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
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Awards note
Academy Award, 1970: Best picture; Best director; Best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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Midnight cowboy (Motion picture)
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Credits note
Director of photography, Adam Holender ; editor, Hugh A. Robertson ; musical supervision, John Barry
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R
Language note
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired (SDH)
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.M43687 2018
PerformerNote
Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Ruth White, Sylvia Miles, Barnard Hughes, Jennifer Salt, Bob Balaban, Georgann Johnson, Jan Tice, Jonathan Kramer
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  • 1926-2003
  • 1933-2011
  • 1937-
  • 1938-
  • 1939-
  • 1913-1975
  • 1914-1969
  • 1932-
  • 1915-2006
  • 1944-
  • 1935-2011
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  • Schlesinger, John
  • Hellman, Jerome
  • Salt, Waldo
  • Holender, Adam
  • Barry, John
  • Robertson, Hugh A.
  • Hoffman, Dustin
  • Voight, Jon
  • Vaccaro, Brenda
  • McGiver, John
  • White, Ruth
  • Miles, Sylvia
  • Hughes, Barnard
  • Salt, Jennifer
  • Balaban, Bob
  • Johnson, Georgann
  • Tice, Jan
  • Herlihy, James Leo
  • United Artists Corporation
  • Jerome Hellman Productions
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
113
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
925
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  • Male prostitutes
  • Swindlers and swindling
  • Male friendship
  • Outcasts
  • Criminals
  • Criminals
  • Male friendship
  • Male prostitutes
  • Outcasts
  • Swindlers and swindling
  • New York (State)
Technique
live action
Label
Midnight cowboy, United Artists ; a Jerome Hellman-John Schlesinger production ; screenplay by Waldo Salt ; producer, Jerome Hellman ; director, John Schlesinger
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title information from title frames
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1969
  • Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy
  • Features: New 4K digital restoration, approved by cinematographer Adam Holender; Alternate 5.1 surround 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; Essay by critic Mark Harris
Accompanying material
1 insert (12 panels : color illustrations ; folded to 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Disc one. [Feature film] -- disc two. [Special features]
Control code
on1031379929
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (113 min.)
Isbn
9781681434476
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515215411
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
CC2890D
Recording technique
burning
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1031379929
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital monaural, 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Midnight cowboy, United Artists ; a Jerome Hellman-John Schlesinger production ; screenplay by Waldo Salt ; producer, Jerome Hellman ; director, John Schlesinger
Publication
Note
  • Title information from title frames
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1969
  • Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy
  • Features: New 4K digital restoration, approved by cinematographer Adam Holender; Alternate 5.1 surround 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; Essay by critic Mark Harris
Accompanying material
1 insert (12 panels : color illustrations ; folded to 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Disc one. [Feature film] -- disc two. [Special features]
Control code
on1031379929
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (113 min.)
Isbn
9781681434476
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515215411
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
CC2890D
Recording technique
burning
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1031379929
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital monaural, 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD

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