Film, Video Web Page Midnight cowboy

Title

• Midnight cowboy

Summary

• Texas "cowboy", Joe Buck, takes a bus to New York to make his fortune hustling lonely, rich women who will pay for his sexual services. Shortly after arriving, he himself is hustled by con man Ratso Rizzo, with whom he ultimately develops an unusual and deep friendship as they spend a long, hard winter in the underbelly of the city.

Names

• Schlesinger, John, 1926-2003, film direction
• Hellman, Jerome, film production
• Salt, Waldo, screenwriter
• Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- cast
• Voight, Jon, 1938- cast
• Miles, Sylvia, 1924-2019, cast
• McGiver, John, 1913-1975, cast
• Vaccaro, Brenda, 1939- cast
• Holender, Adam, camera
• Lloyd, John Robert, production designer
• Robertson, Hugh A., editing
• Utt, Kenneth, 1921-1994, film production
• Barry, John, 1933-2011, music
• Herlihy, James Leo
• Jerome Hellman Productions
• United Artists Corporation
• MGM/UA Home Video (Firm)

Created / Published

• United States : United Artists, 1969 ; United States : MGM/UA Home Video, Inc., [1988].

Headings

• -  Drifters--New York (State)--New York--Drama
• -  Friendship--New York (State)--New York--Drama

Genre

• Social problem films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Videodiscs

Notes

• -  LP37236 U.S. Copyright Office
• -  Copyright: Jerome Hellman Productions, Inc.; 26May69; LP37236.
• -  Copyright notice on videodisc jacket: Jerome Hellman Productions, Inc. ; 1969 ; MGM/UA Home Video, Inc. ; 1988.
• -  Reissue date is copyright date for videodisc package design.
• -  Videodisc is a reissue.
• -  Theatrical projection print was donated when this film was selected for the National Film Registry.
• -  On theatrical projection print: 25th anniversary restoration; restoration supervision, John Schlesinger, Jerome Hellman, Adam Holender. Running time and content of restoration appear to be same as original.
• -  Part of summary from Maltin's Movie & video guide, 2003.
• -  On videodisc label: ML100193.
• -  Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy.
• -  Videodisc and theatrical projection print screened for credits.
• -  Sources used: M/B/RS Descriptions file; OCLC/FirstSearch (WorldCat database); videodisc jacket.
• -  Director of photography, Adam Holender ; production designer, John Robert Lloyd ; film editor, Hugh A. Robertson ; associate producer, Kenneth Utt ; music by John Barry.
• -  Dustin Hoffman, John Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro.
• -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.

Medium

• viewing copy 1 videodisc of 1 (optical) (ca. 113 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 in.
• theatrical projection print 13 film reels of 13 on 7 (10,180 ft., ca. 113 min.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• DAA 0878 (viewing copy)
• CQA 1244-1250 (theatrical projection print)

Source Collection

• LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
• MGM Collection (Library of Congress)

Library of Congress Control Number

• 96506156

Online Format

• web page
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/96506156

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• Dublin Core Record