Midnight Cowboy

Ceilingless set and lighting equipment can be briefly seen in several shots in Cass' bedroom.

As the bus Joe Buck rides approaches New York, the view focuses on the Statue of Liberty.

However this shot is from the New Jersey Turnpike's Holland Tunnel-Newark Bay Extension (Interchange 14C) going southbound, away from New York.

Minutes later in the same scene, the view from the bus shows the Midtown Manhattan skyline as it enters the Lincoln Tunnel.

After Joe Buck's encounter with Towny, he and Ratso board the bus to Miami.

But the bus then enters the south tube of the Lincoln Tunnel, which only carries eastbound traffic into New York.

When Joe Buck is sitting on the porch, dressed in a military suit, talking about his grandmother's death, he spits backwards.

When Joe is riding into New York on the bus and talking to the nun, in some shots the scenery outside the window is moving in the wrong direction.

Indeed, what I just saw was a great movie with a heart. All the superior performances and superior editing/presentation made it worthy for the academy award.

Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama film based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. The script was written by Waldo Salt, directed by John Schlesinger, and stars Jon Voight in the title role alongside Dustin Hoffman.

Joe Buck, fresh off the bus from Texas. Ricco "Ratso" Rizzo a petty thief from the Bronx.

John Schlesinger directs this extremely powerful character study of lost souls and disillusionment. Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman(Two outstanding performances, especially Hoffman) play Joe Buck & Rico "Ratzo" Rizo, two down on their luck hustlers who form a most unlikely friendship as the try to survive on the streets of New York, but dream of saving enough money to get to Florida.

I first saw Midnight Cowboy on the William & Mary campus in October 1969. I'd never seen Jon Voight or Dustin Hoffman before.

This film effectively ignited my spark of passion for film and the New Hollywood cinematic era in general, the plot revolves around a small time texan man striving for more fulfillment than his mediocre life cleaning dishes in the local diner offers. He decides to head for New york in search of sexual and financial satisfaction but his ambitions don't quite flourish as he expects.

I saw Midnight Cowboy when it was originally released in 1969. I was 19 at the time.

Dreams are always ruined by reality. Under the pressure of the reality can only rely on good imagination to support the humble happiness of life.

Time has not diminished this classic, and if anything it looks remarkably fresh compared to today's stale Hollywood formula.This uncompromising film takes a savage look at the American dream and its lurid underbelly, punctuated with wry social satire.