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.

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Label	Occurrences
Midnight Cowboy canonical	30
Midnight Cowboy (1969 film)	2
Midnight Cowboy (novel)	2
Midnight Cowboy (stage adaptation)	2
Midnight Cowboy (1969 film adaptation of the novel)	1
Midnight Cowboy (stage production)	1
Midnight Cowboy universe	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 ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama (nomination)
basedOn	Midnight Cowboy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	John Schlesinger ⓘ
distributor	United Artists ⓘ
distributorRegion	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
editedBy	Hugh A. Robertson ⓘ
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 ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Actor for Jon Voight Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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United Artists → produced → Midnight Cowboy ⓘ

Midnight Cowboy → basedOn → Midnight Cowboy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midnight Cowboy (novel)

Dustin Hoffman → notableWork → Midnight Cowboy ⓘ

John Schlesinger → notableWork → Midnight Cowboy ⓘ

John Schlesinger → directed → Midnight Cowboy ⓘ

Jon Voight → notableWork → Midnight Cowboy ⓘ

Jim Clark → notableWork → Midnight Cowboy ⓘ

Voight → notableWork → Midnight Cowboy ⓘ

subject surface form: Jon Voight

Waldo Salt → notableWork → Midnight Cowboy ⓘ

Ratso Rizzo → appearsIn → Midnight Cowboy ⓘ

Ratso Rizzo → firstAppearance → Midnight Cowboy ⓘ

Ratso Rizzo → workBasedOn → Midnight Cowboy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midnight Cowboy (novel)

Joe Buck is a naive Texan dishwasher → appearsInWork → Midnight Cowboy ⓘ