Midnight Cowboy
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
Format: DVD
Edition: Two-DVD special edition.
Description: 2 videodiscs (113 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Joe Buck and Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo are two small-time hustlers whose powerful friendship transcends the gritty realities of big-city life and their own unfulfilled dreams.
Series: Criterion collection ; 925.
Other Authors:
Schlesinger, John, 1926-2003, film director.
Hellman, Jerome, film producer.
Salt, Waldo, screenwriter.
Holender, Adam, director of photography.
Barry, John, 1933-2011, composer (expression)
Robertson, Hugh A., film editor.
Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- actor.
Voight, Jon, 1938- actor.
Vaccaro, Brenda, 1939- actor.
McGiver, John, 1913-1975, actor.
White, Ruth, 1914-1969, actor.
Miles, Sylvia, 1924-2019, actor.
Hughes, Barnard, 1915-2006, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Herlihy, James Leo. Midnight cowboy.
United Artists Corporation, presenter.
Jerome Hellman Productions, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Schlesinger, John, 1926-2003, film director.
Hellman, Jerome, film producer.
Salt, Waldo, screenwriter.
Holender, Adam, director of photography.
Barry, John, 1933-2011, composer (expression)
Robertson, Hugh A., film editor.
Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- actor.
Voight, Jon, 1938- actor.
Vaccaro, Brenda, 1939- actor.
McGiver, John, 1913-1975, actor.
White, Ruth, 1914-1969, actor.
Miles, Sylvia, 1924-2019, actor.
Hughes, Barnard, 1915-2006, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Herlihy, James Leo. Midnight cowboy.
United Artists Corporation, presenter.
Jerome Hellman Productions, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Contents:
disc one. [Feature film] -- disc two. [Special features].
Subjects:
Male prostitutes -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Swindlers and swindling -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Male friendship -- Drama.
Outcasts -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Criminals -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Male prostitutes -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Swindlers and swindling -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Male friendship -- Drama.
Outcasts -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Criminals -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R.
ISBN:
9781681434476
UPC: 715515215411
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD DRAMA Midnight | Cooper (Forest Acres) | DVD | Out (Due: 4/16/2024) |
Title from title frame.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy.
Features on disc one: audio commentary from 1991 featuring director John Schlesinger and producer Jerome Hellman; short film "The crowd around the cowboy" (1969) made on location for Midnight cowboy; trailer -- on disc two: "Waldo Salt : a screenwriter's journey" (1990) an Academy Award nominated documentary by Eugene Corr and Robert Hillmann; Michael Childers discusses photographs from candid images he shot during production; Adam Holender discusses his work on the film (Feb. 2018); two short 2004 documentaries on the making and release of Midnight cowboy; interview with actor Jon Voight on The David Frost show from 1970; Jon Voight's original screen test; interview from 2000 with Schlesinger for BAFTA Los Angeles with excerpts from the 2002 BAFTA LA tribute to Schlesinger, featuring Voight and actor Dustin Hoffman.
Videorecording.
Director of photography, Adam Holender ; editor, Hugh A. Robertson ; musical supervision, John Barry.
Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Ruth White, Sylvia Miles, Barnard Hughes.
DVD; NTSC; region 1; 16:9 widescreen (aspect ratio, 1.85:1) presentation; monaural and 5.1 surround.
In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.
Academy Award, 1969
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy.
Features on disc one: audio commentary from 1991 featuring director John Schlesinger and producer Jerome Hellman; short film "The crowd around the cowboy" (1969) made on location for Midnight cowboy; trailer -- on disc two: "Waldo Salt : a screenwriter's journey" (1990) an Academy Award nominated documentary by Eugene Corr and Robert Hillmann; Michael Childers discusses photographs from candid images he shot during production; Adam Holender discusses his work on the film (Feb. 2018); two short 2004 documentaries on the making and release of Midnight cowboy; interview with actor Jon Voight on The David Frost show from 1970; Jon Voight's original screen test; interview from 2000 with Schlesinger for BAFTA Los Angeles with excerpts from the 2002 BAFTA LA tribute to Schlesinger, featuring Voight and actor Dustin Hoffman.
Videorecording.
Director of photography, Adam Holender ; editor, Hugh A. Robertson ; musical supervision, John Barry.
Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Ruth White, Sylvia Miles, Barnard Hughes.
DVD; NTSC; region 1; 16:9 widescreen (aspect ratio, 1.85:1) presentation; monaural and 5.1 surround.
In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.
Academy Award, 1969