Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Midnight Cowboy (33:43)

Midnight Cowboy

A small-time cartoonish cowboy hits the big time and struggles to find his dimwitted footing. This portrait of NYC in the late ‘60s is rough and grimy. At least stars Jon Voight & Dustin Hoffman get to share a bromance before that word even existed. Do we think this Oscar-winner, that’s riddled with fantasies & flashbacks, holds up? G’head and find out!

LINKS:

Sparkplug Coffee

Rotten Tomatoes reviews

Midnight Cowboy and Midnight Cowboy novel details on Wikipedia

Links to: John Schlesinger and Waldo Salt

AFI’s Top 100 lists

1969 Academy Award winners and nominees

The Graduate T100P podcast

YouTube links: “I’m walkin’ here!” and the party scene

Next week on the T100P: The Wild Bunch

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