DVD
Midnight cowboy
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Ruth White, Sylvia Miles, Barnard Hughes, Jennifer Salt, Bob Balaban.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2018]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (113 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Uniform Title
Summary
Joe Buck moves to New York from Texas to make his fortune servicing wealthy women. Instead, he's conned into partnering up with small-time huslter Ratso Rizzo. Living together on the tattered edges of society, these two outcasts develop an unlikely bond that helps them transcend their cruel existence.
Notes
Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
Special 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 from1970 ; Voight's original screen test ; interview from 2000 with Schlesinger for BAFTA Los Angeles tribute to Schlesinger ; trailer.