Midnight Cowboy (DVD)

I can always rember the first time i saw Midnight Cowboy, I can rember sitting down with my Mum to watch this and her telling me how she'd first seen it at the odeon back in 1969 with Rosie from next door and that it was probably one of her favourite films, Mum also went and got a box of tissue's towards the end of the film....which wasnt like her at all! Midnight Cowboy, tells the story of Joe Buck played by the very young looking Jon Voight, who travells from small town USA to the Big Apple to seek his fortune. The opening scences are beautifully filmed, show Joe Buck escaping life in small town USA, where he was a "short order cook", the ...

Midnight Cowboy is a classic film that stands the test of time, it was the first 'X' rated film ever to win an Oscar in the USA. No this isn't a porn movie, that was the rating for films with adult themes in those days. It's also a film that along with Easy Rider made studios take more of a risk on edgy pictures. Jon Voight plays Joe Buck, a tall young texan cowboy who comes to New York City with the dream of being a male gigolo. It's his firm belief that he is the saviour to many lonely lovelorn women in the big apple. Things don't work out as planned and soon he comes across a sleazy crippled conman Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman) who at ...

My mum bought this film and has raved about it for ages, I finally got around to watching it and have to say it's pretty good. I won't give too much away about the story, but here's a brief summary. Jon Voight (was he ever this young!!) plays Joe Buck, a good-looking 'cowboy' who goes to New York to earn some money as a gigolo. He finds it's not as easy as he thought it would be, and ends up living on the streets with his only friend, a greasy con man called Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman). They work together to get Joe work, and build a strong friendship, which is strengthened by Rizzo having a serious illness. I won't give anymore away, ...