Midnight Cowboy on Amazon Prime (1969)

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I watched this a few days ago just for old times sake.

Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama film, based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. The film was written by Waldo Salt, directed by John Schlesinger, and stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, with notable smaller roles being filled by Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Salt, and Barnard Hughes. Set in New York City, Midnight Cowboy depicts the unlikely friendship between two hustlers: naïve sex worker Joe Buck (Voight), and ailing con man Rico Rizzo (Hoffman), referred to as "Ratso".

At the 42nd Academy Awards, the film won three awards: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Midnight Cowboy is the only X-rated film ever to win Best Picture. It has since been placed 36th on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest American films of all time, and 43rd on its 2007 updated version.

In 1994, Midnight Cowboy was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy

Great performances by Hoffman and Voight. It seems odd now that the film was X rated, but amazing that it was given Best Picture anyway. Recommending a second watch.

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1. I saw it in 1969

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and it wasn't rated X at the time. I believe its original rating was "X", but a scene was cut to give it a rating of "R".

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2. I saw it in 1969

Excellent film, but I don't think I want to watch it again.