Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy is a 1969film, written by Waldo Salt and based on the story by James Leo Herlihy. The film was directed by John Schlesinger and it stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight. ==Story[ Edit] == The film tells the story of the young Texan Joe Buck (Voight) who dressed as a rodeo-cowboy goes through life. Joe Buck wants to go to New Yorkand lead the life of a male prostitute . But the naive cowboy is not well with the rich women. That is why he is obliged to take to the streets at night and other (male) to find customers.

During his stay in New York he meets Enrico ' Ratso ' Rizzo also the little backstabber (Hoffman), who pretends to be a friendly guy but actually the naive cowboy trying to cheat. Joe Buck loses $ 20 and is furious, but Ratso is with the noorderzon disappeared. Joe Buck is now alone and without money in the big city. In addition, the cowboy in his hotel room and all his possessions seized by the hotel manager. But then he finds by accident the backstabber Ratso back. Buck is evil and wants to take care of him, but Ratso wants to really help him and give him a place to sleep.

The two draw to the House of Ratso, that is actually an abandoned building that is about to be aborted. The two can sleep and be left alone by everyone. To be forced to steal to eat to hit.

Eventually Buck wants to give it another try as a gigolo, and Ratso decides to become his manager and already dreams of all the money they earn will go together. Ratso's dream is to go to Florida, where according to him always hot and everyone adores him. But that dream suddenly seems very far away when Buck still seems to have no success with the rich women.

It succeeds Buck still to get paid to go to bed with a woman. Indeed, the wife advises him even with her girlfriends, and Buck gets $ 20 for his first night as a gigolo. With that money he buys medicine for the sick become Ratso. Buck decides to bring his friend to go to a doctor, but Ratso wants only one thing: Florida.

To raise the money for a bus trip to Florida and threatens to hit stores Buck one of his male customers. With the money they can to Florida. En route shows Ratso still sicker than before, and to help him Buck buys new clothes for Ratso. Just before the bus arrives in Miami, dies Ratso. The bus driver does not want there panic ensues, and telling the passengers that he has become unwell. The story ends with a distraught Buck, who embraces his dead friend.

During the story we come through flashbacks and dreams to know something more about past Joe Buck. The two most important people in his life were his grandmother and his girlfriend ' crazy ' Annie. ==Academy Awards[ Edit] ==
 * Best Film- Jerome Hellman (winner)
 * Best Director- John Schlesinger (winner)
 * Best actor in a leading role- Dustin Hoffman (nominated)
 * Best actor in a leading role- Jon Voight (nominee)
 * Best screenplay- Waldo Salt (winner)
 * Best actress in a supporting role- Sylvia Miles (nominated)
 * Best editing- Hugh a. Robertson (nominated)