Midnight cowboy [videorecording] / a United Artists ;Jerome Hellman-John Schlesinger production ; screenplay, Waldo Salt ; producer, Jerome Hellman ; director, John Schlesinger.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Collector's ed.
Publisher:
Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
2 videodiscs (113 min.) (DVD) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in., in one container.
Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Ruth White, Sylvia Miles, Barnard Hughes. Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy. Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. Special features: Disc 1: Feature film; audio commentary by producer Jerome Hellman ; Disc 2: "After Midnight: reflecting on the classic 36 years later" documentary; "Controversy and acclaim" documentary; "Celebrating Schlesinger" featurette; photo gallery.
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 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.
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