Midnight cowboy /

Joe Buck moves to New York from Texas to make his fortune servicing women. Instead, he's conned into partnering up with small-time hustler Ratso Rizzo. Living together on the tattered edges of society, these two outcasts develop an unlikely bond that helps them transcend their cruel existence.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Midnight cowboy (Motion picture)
Corporate Author:	United Artists (Firm)
Other Authors:	Hellman, Jerome (Producer), Schlesinger, John, 1926-2003 (Director), Salt, Waldo (Screenwriter), Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- (Actor), Voight, Jon, 1938- (Actor), Vaccaro, Brenda, 1939- (Actor), McGiver, John, 1913-1975 (Actor), Barry, John, 1933-2011 (composer (expression)), Roth, Ann, 1931- (costumes.), Herlihy, James Leo
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[Los Angeles, Calif.] : United Artists, [1969]
Subjects:	Herlihy, James Leo > Film adaptations. Herlihy, James Leo. Male prostitutes > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Swindlers and swindling > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Male friendship > Drama. Male friendship. Male prostitutes. Swindlers and swindling. New York (State) > New York. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Films de fiction. Adaptations cinématographiques.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)

Description
Summary:	Joe Buck moves to New York from Texas to make his fortune servicing women. Instead, he's conned into partnering up with small-time hustler Ratso Rizzo. Living together on the tattered edges of society, these two outcasts develop an unlikely bond that helps them transcend their cruel existence.
Item Description:	Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy. Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file, 113 min.) : sound, color
Audience:	MPAA rating: R.
Awards:	Academy Awards, 1969: Best Picture (Jerome Hellman, Producer); Best Directing (John Schlesinger); Best Writing (Screenplay--Based on Material from Another Medium) (Waldo Salt). Golden Globe Awards, 1970: New Star of the Year - Actor (Jon Voight).
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Adam Holdener ; film editor, Hugh A. Robertson ; musical supervision, John Barry ; costumes, Ann Roth.