Midnight cowboy
By: produced by Jerome Hellman ; screenplay by Waldo Salt ; directed by John Schlesinger
Contributors: Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- actor; Voight, Jon, 1938- actor; Miles, Sylvia, 1932- actor; Herlihy, James Leo
Series: The Criterion collection -- 925; Criterion collection -- 925.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 113
Subjects: Drama; Film adaptations; Male prostitutes; Male friendship; Male prostitution
Other titles: Midnight cowboy (Motion picture)
Description: A naive male prostitute from Texas and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.

Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy.

Surround, wide screen 1.85:1.

Essay by critic Mark Harris in container.

Features: audio commentary from 1991 featuring director John Schlesinger and producer Jerome Hellman; new selected-scene commentary by cinematographer Adam Holender; short film "The crowd around the cowboy" (1969) made on location for Midnight cowboy; "Waldo Salt : a screenwriter's journey" (1990) an Academy Awardnominated documentary by Eugene Corr and Robert Hillmann; two short 2004 documentaries on the making and release of Midnight cowboy; interview with actor Jon Voight on The David Frost show from 1970; interview from 2000 with Schlesinger for BAFTA Los Angeles; excerpts from the 2002 BAFTA LA tribute to Schlesinger, featuring Voight and actor Dustin Hoffman; trailer.

Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro.

MPAA rating: R.

For private home use only.

In English with optional English subtitles.