{"id":92,"date":"2025-08-01T00:40:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T04:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=92"},"modified":"2025-12-23T16:21:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:21:24","slug":"midnight-cowboy-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=92","title":{"rendered":"Midnight Cowboy-1969"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Midnight Cowboy-1969<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director John Schlesinger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Top 250 Films #212<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/759322.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-981\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/759322-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"759322\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/759322-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/759322.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 17, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Midnight Cowboy is a masterpiece from 1969 that remains the only Best Picture Oscar winner to be rated &#8220;X&#8221; and, sadly, would probably not be made today.<\/p>\n<p>It tells the tale of a friendly, trusting cowboy who moves from Texas to New York City and is challenged to survive the brutal streets any way he can.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the film, he meets several interesting, unsavory characters and experiences life in the bowels of NYC as drug use and prostitution are explored.<\/p>\n<p>I did not find this to be as much of a downer as many others did, but rather a story of survival.<\/p>\n<p>The grittiness of NYC is wonderfully portrayed, with many locales featured (Times Square).<\/p>\n<p>Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman are exceptionally cast and have great chemistry, though the film is by no means a &#8220;buddy movie&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Sylvia Miles has a memorable one-scene feature.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s bleak, raw, and intense at times, and Midnight Cowboy (1969) is great filmmaking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations<\/strong>: <strong>3 wins<\/strong>-Best Picture <strong>(won)<\/strong>, Best Director-John Schlesinger <strong>(won)<\/strong>, Best Actor-Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Best Supporting Actress-Sylvia Miles, Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium <strong>(won)<\/strong>, Best Film Editing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Midnight Cowboy-1969 Director John Schlesinger Starring Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight Top 250 Films #212 Scott&#8217;s Review #24 Reviewed June 17, 2014 Grade: A Midnight Cowboy is a masterpiece from 1969 that remains the only Best Picture Oscar winner to be rated &#8220;X&#8221; and, sadly, would probably not be made today. 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