Midnight cowboy

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 Midnight cowboy. (Added Author). United Artists (Firm) (Added Author). MGM Home Entertainment Inc. (Added Author). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Ruth White, Sylvia Miles, Barnard Hughes. (Cast).

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 details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Los Angeles, CA] : MGM Home Entertainment ; Beverly Hills, CA : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2011]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy. Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Adam Holdener ; film editor, Hugh A. Robertson ; musical supervision, John Barry ; costumes, Ann Roth.
Participant or Performer Note:	Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Ruth White, Sylvia Miles, Barnard Hughes.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1; NTSC; widescreen presentation (aspect ratio: 1.85:1).
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	For private home use only.
Language Note:	In English (Dolby Digital 5.1 surround) or dubbed French (mono), with optional subtitles in English SDH, French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English.
Awards Note:	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).