Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other uniform titles: | Schlesinger, John, 1926-2003,
Hellman, Jerome,
Salt, Waldo,
Hoffman, Dustin, 1937-
Voight, Jon, 1938-
Vaccaro, Brenda, 1939-
Barry, John, 1933-2011,
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Herlihy, James Leo. Midnight cowboy.
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| Other authors / contributors: | United Artists Corporation, presenter.
Jerome Hellman Productions. production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN: | 9781681434476
1681434474
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| Physical medium: | 4 3/4 in.
stamping
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
optical
stereo
5.1 Dolby Digital
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| Video characteristics: | NTSC
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
DVD video
region 1
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| Notes: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
Widescreen (Aspect ratio, 1.85:1)
Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy.
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.
Director of photography, Adam Holender; editor, Hugh A. Robertson; music, John Barry.
Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Ruth White.
DVD, NTSC, region1; Widescreen (Aspect ratio, 1.85:1) presentation; Monaural.
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| Summary: | Two small-time hustlers whose powerful friendship transcends the gritty realities of big-city life and their own unfulfilled dreams.
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| Target Audience: | Rating: R.
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| Awards: | Academy Award, 1970: Best picture; Best director; Best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium.
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| Standard no.: | 715515215411
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| Publisher's no.: | CC2890DDVD The Criterion Collection
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