Midnight Cowboy
Directed by Michael Schlessinger

Friday, June 30, 1 pm | BUY TICKETS

“The film is a masterpiece, one of the finest ever made. It is staggering, shattering, heartbreaking, hilarious, tragic, raw, and absurd.”—John Huddy, Miami Herald

John Schlesinger’s gritty, unrelentingly bleak look at the seedy underbelly of urban American life is undeniably disturbing, but Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight’s performances make it difficult to turn away.

Convinced of his irresistible appeal to women, Texas dishwasher Joe Buck (Jon Voight) quits his job and heads for New York City, thinking he’ll latch on to some rich dowager. New York, however, is not as hospitable as he imagined, and Joe soon finds himself living in an abandoned building with a Dickensian layabout named Enrico “Ratso” Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman). The two form a rough alliance, and together they kick-start Joe’s hustling career just as Ratso’s health begins to deteriorate.

Winner of three Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay as well as nominations for Jon Voight for Best Actor, Dustin Hoffman for Best Supporting Actor, Sylvia Miles for Best Supporting Actress, and Hugh A. Robertson for Best Editing (the first African American to be nominated in this category). 1969, U.S., DCP, 113 minutes. Rated R.