Midnight Cowboy

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American film drama film film

Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama film about a naive Texan who moves to New York City and befriends a sickly con man, notable for being the only X-rated movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Aliases (1)

Midnight Cowboy (novel) ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → drama film → film →
academyAward	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Picture →
award	Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama (nomination) →
basedOn	Midnight Cowboy (novel) →
basedOnWorkAuthor	James Leo Herlihy →
characterDescription	Ratso Rizzo is a sickly con man →
characterOrigin	Joe Buck is a naive Texan dishwasher →
cinematographyBy	Adam Holender →
containsSong	Everybody's Talkin' →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	John Schlesinger →
distributor	United Artists →
distributorRegion	United States →
editedBy	Hugh A. Robertson NERFINISHED →
filmingLocation	Miami → New York City →
filmMovement	New Hollywood →
genre	buddy film → drama → psychological drama →
mainCharacter	Joe Buck → Ratso Rizzo →
mpaaRating	X →
musicBy	John Barry →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman → Academy Award for Best Actor for Jon Voight → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Sylvia Miles →
notableFor	only X-rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture →
originalLanguage	English →
producer	Jerome Hellman →
publicationDate	1969 →
releaseDateUS	1969-05-25 →
releaseYear	1969 →
runtimeMinutes	113 →
screenwriter	Waldo Salt →
setting	New York City → Texas →
songPerformer	Harry Nilsson →
starring	Brenda Vaccaro → Dustin Hoffman → John McGiver → Jon Voight → Sylvia Miles →
theme	friendship → poverty in America → urban alienation →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Midnight Cowboy ("Midnight Cowboy (novel)") →	basedOn
United Artists →	produced