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Midnight Cowboy (1969)
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The first, and only, X-rated film to win a best picture Academy Award, John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy seems a lot less daring today (and has been reclassified as an R), but remains a fascinating time capsule of late-1960s sexual decadence in mainstream American cinema. In a career-making performance, Jon Voight plays Joe Buck, a naive Texas dishwasher who goes to the big city (New York) to make his fortune as a sexual hustler. Although enthusiastic about selling himself to rich ladies for stud services, he quickly finds it hard to make a living and eventually crashes in a seedy dump with a crippled petty thief named Ratzo Rizzo...
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Midnight Cowboy Movie Review by Jarrod  (12/12/2007) |
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'Midnight Cowboy' won Best Picture in 1969, the first and only X-rated film to earn the honor. Its X rating may have been appropriate then, but it is tame by today's standards. It has some nudity and sex, but not really that much, and you just get a glimpse of Jon Voight's ass in one scene, nothing else, either from him,...
(complete Midnight Cowboy review by Jarrod)
| Midnight Cowboy Movie Review by Tony (2/23/2006) |
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The question I get asked the most about films and movies is what is the biggest difference about movies now, from back in the day. Now, I'm only 20 years, and won't be ignorant enough to say I was around to see a lot of films from the 50's, 60's, and 70's, but thanks to the power of DVD and lack of girlfriend, I have seen...
(complete Midnight Cowboy review by Tony)
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