You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Recommandé : 5 €19. In their efforts to bilk a hostile world rebuffing them at every turn, this unlikely pair progress from partners in shady business to comrades. The way character Joe Buck's character is revealed on the Greyhound bus trip to New York is wonderful. Flashbacks fill in Joe's background, fantasy sequences suggest his dreams for the future, and in the present day he and Ratso have some very New York City adventures. Famed for being the only `X-rated' movie to win an Oscar, this bleak drama, dotted with moments of dark humour, has lost nothing since it was released in 1969. Excellent performances by the two stars. Midnight Cowboy (The Criterion Collection) It’s amazing how much changes over the span of a lifetime. Ted Kramer's wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. 50 years later this movie still connects, with themes of dissonance between what we can imagine and what comes, and the unforeseeable, life-moving beginning, course, and ending of friendships. Place Sainte-Croix, 1050 Bruxelles But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation. 42 of 45 people found this review helpful. to the incomparable mr. o'daniel with his wrong end of the stick meeting with joe buck - not to mention the superb music, so much suggested with one four note phrase followed by the responsive four notes played a tone lower - and the gloomy hilarious "orange juice on ice" sequence - can't imagine never having seen it. Although it has been interpreted as such, Dustin Hoffman as Ratso (© Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection) (IMDB)Despite its accurate portrayal of life in pre-gentrified New York, much of (© Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection) (IMDB)The illustrated liner notes include an essay by film historian Here are 10 reasons to mourn the passing of one of England's most interesting directors, Sir Alan Parker.London producer Rival Consoles uses unorthodox approaches on his latest record, In a busy and exciting month for metal, Boris arrive in rejuvenated fashion, Imperial Triumphant continue to impress with their forward-thinking black metal, and death metal masters Defeated Sanity and Lantern return with a vengeance. —John Schlesinger. And it all still holds up, including the score, which includes the iconic hit, "Everybody's Talkin'." In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. One word. This is one of the half-dozen films that left me shaken upon leaving the theater where I saw it in 1969 (at the age of 19). The initial "country cousin meets city cousin" relationship deepens. Summery synths bring highlife of the 1980s on a reissue of Nkem Njoku and Ozzobia Brothers' innovative On his debut album for Mute, Berlin-based producer Nicolas Bougaïeff applies meticulous care and a deft, trained ear to each track, and the results are marvelous. Hoffman's character will have you weeping and you just want to scoop him up and take care of him. So glad to have new copy of this great film. Brilliant film and performances. The French Connection (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) Texas greenhorn Joe Buck arrives in New York City for the first time. So it brought back a lot of memories. However, I bought this for a friend who never tires of watching it - he enjoys it so much he can't help relaying parts of it to me every time he watches it - so I have given it five stars on his behalf. Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger . Berbard Schlesinger, his father, was a pediatrician, and his mother, Winifred, was a musician.