Thank you for posting these photos. I ‘m just reacquainting myself with the film and back story involvement of everyone. It’s a beautiful , compassionate story.
Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman, what a duo! Voight is so incredibly sweet and lovable as Buck, and Hoffman, wow, what a virtuoso performance. One of my all-time favorite films. It takes your breath away and with each passing decade it looks better and better.
I had to laugh at your "oh so true" last sentence Damianop! When you compare the masterpiece of Midnight Cowboy to the trash they're throwing out the door now, like Tom Cruise once said "there is no other." (Risky Business) No kidding!
My buddies and I identified with this movie so much we must have seen it 50 times without exaggeration! We even hit in the trunk of a car to get into the driving for free and we got caught
@@harryseretti3669 I can understand that Harry. It was the most well directed, well edited & well scored movie in decades! A pretty simple story but the ingredients above made it a block buster & huge favorite! P.S. We used to hide in a friend's trunk but never got caught. :)
Love that shot of Dustin Hoffman reading up on his lines in the last caption and looking so human. Hard to imagine that the character behind 'Ratso Rizzo' was nothing short of ugly - he definitely was not. Hoffman was quite a heartthrob after 'The Graduate.' but sacrificed it for this part. Acting genius at it's most definable.
You got that right John! They don't! Cheap, low budget trash usually 3rd & 4th generation of the same thing. Says a lot for the audience they draw too. Sad man!
Película para toda la vida ,aplicada a todo tiempo pasado presente y futuro ,la música? ..perfecta, bella ,inspiradora ,inmortal.gracias Dusstin ,gracias John
Some brilliant shots there and it all came flooding back. Midnight Cowboy was still doing the rounds in the UK well into the late seventies, many years after the general release date. And why not it was a brilliant movie.
I saw a "Man on the Street" interview in 1969, with passerby's watching the filming of "Midnight Cowboy." When they asked people watching the production who Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight were, Nobody who was asked had ever heard of them before. Even though Dustin Hoffman broke out 2 years earlier in "The Graduate."
I see the hordes of people & equipment involved here. All I can say is that they knew beforehand they had a winner & budgeted accordingly! One of the best ever made. Great job of character assignment throughout. Fantastic! I saw it in 1971 with a beautiful Pan Am stewardess on my arm.
Spoiler Alert: the tenement apartment in the condemned building they were living in was located on a sound stage. The set was constructed from pieces torn out of a tenement apartment in a condemned building. As much as they wanted to shoot in the actual building, it was too dangerous so they pulled out everything they could and re-constructed it on a sound stage.
thats something ive wondered about too, there was that waitress when he ditched his cowboy clothes,he could of got together with her and made a go of it in Florida, where he worked in construction and she worked at the cafe,although when Ratso passed things looked bleak for Joe, i think he would of found his niche in life
@@LetsGroove2Nite. That’s a great point, there was certainly a chemistry there, I think he would’ve scored better with women afterwards, without the big ego cowboy act, just been himself, certainly a lesson in there.
hard to say but i think he was gonna be in great trouble without ratso to help him he looked very insecure on his own,dont think he was strong enough to go alone
@@cameronpickard7456 , I got the feeling that Joe Buck was a survivor. Yes, he was all alone without Ratso. However, he came into his own in New York City. Although his experiences in New York City were unpleasant, they toughened him up. I think that is one of the reasons why when the waitress in Florida asks Joe where he's from, he says New York without any hesitation. When he and Ratso got to Florida, Joe got rid of his Cowboy boots, hat and jacket. He was ready to start a new life. While his life would probably mot be easy in Florida, he would go there with a sense of reality versus the way he was when he first came to New York City.
Since I discovered Midnight Cowboy in 1994 I never stopped watching it at least twice a year... Never got tired of it!
And your name is Buck too. That's great!
What a great movie! Masterpiece.!
Thank you for posting these photos. I ‘m just reacquainting myself with the film and back story involvement of everyone. It’s a beautiful , compassionate story.
Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman, what a duo! Voight is so incredibly sweet and lovable as Buck, and Hoffman, wow, what a virtuoso performance. One of my all-time favorite films. It takes your breath away and with each passing decade it looks better and better.
I had to laugh at your "oh so true" last sentence Damianop! When you compare the masterpiece of Midnight Cowboy to the trash they're throwing out the door now, like Tom Cruise once said "there is no other." (Risky Business) No kidding!
My buddies and I identified with this movie so much we must have seen it 50 times without exaggeration! We even hit in the trunk of a car to get into the driving for free and we got caught
@@harryseretti3669 I can understand that Harry. It was the most well directed, well edited & well scored movie in decades! A pretty simple story but the ingredients above made it a block buster & huge favorite! P.S. We used to hide in a friend's trunk but never got caught. :)
So true!
Hoffmann y su gran personaje Ratso..un genio ,del vivir en la calle ..
The most extraordinary movie. Heartbreaking, beautiful.. for me,
it’s a tragic love story.
will never be a movie like it its fantastic
God that theme song is so hauntingly beautiful and sad---moves me to tears every time I hear it!!
One of my most favorite films !! Dustin Hoffman was 'robbed of the Oscar that year.
Agreed. Since John "Wooden" Wayne won that year, you can say that any of the other nominees were deserving.
Thank you for putting this together.
Love that shot of Dustin Hoffman reading up on his lines in the last caption and looking so human. Hard to imagine that the character behind 'Ratso Rizzo' was nothing short of ugly - he definitely was not. Hoffman was quite a heartthrob after 'The Graduate.' but sacrificed it for this part. Acting genius at it's most definable.
Great Job! A lot of these behind the scenes photos I have never seen before. They just don't make films like this anymore.
You got that right John! They don't! Cheap, low budget trash usually 3rd & 4th generation of the same thing. Says a lot for the audience they draw too. Sad man!
@@billcallahan9303 Couldn't agree more Bill, If Hollywood ever came up with an original idea these days, they wouldn't know what to do with it.
You got that right what an amazing film.
Película para toda la vida ,aplicada a todo tiempo pasado presente y futuro ,la música? ..perfecta, bella ,inspiradora ,inmortal.gracias Dusstin ,gracias John
¡Bien dicho, Gerardo!
I cry every time I see this movie. They both. killed it -- Watched if for the first time over the weekend.
❤️
simply unforgetable
I LOVE THE MOVIE AND THE MUSIC ALSO.
WHERE IS JOE BUCK??? Big LIKE 389👍
That was awesome! Thanks for putting that together! Kinda surprised you didn’t include any Florida scenes.
Some brilliant shots there and it all came flooding back. Midnight Cowboy was still doing the rounds in the UK well into the late seventies, many years after the general release date. And why not it was a brilliant movie.
Thank you for posting this. I love the film so much. It's great to see all these stills of the production!
I’m walkin’ here!
Jacque is that you?!
Really nice. Thanks for posting.
The greatest cinematic depiction of the human condition in modern times. No man is an island and yet so many are.
"yet, so many are" - Are you referring to machismo? I don't think of that here.
'Hud' perhaps (Paul Newman).
@@hazelwray4184 I'm referring to the fact that so many of us are deprived of love and friendship.
Well not sure we are deprived of love and friendship as much as limited in it, as a result of our own lack of love and friendship toward others.
great movie
Loved this movie . And for John Vought to play the urbane family man in Deliverance was a wise professional move .
One of my all time favorite. Thanks for uploading.
ratso reading the script at the end, priceless
Oh to have been a stills photographer on that movie. Thanks for the upload, really enjoyed it.
I saw a "Man on the Street" interview in 1969, with passerby's watching the filming of "Midnight Cowboy." When they asked people watching the production who Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight were, Nobody who was asked had ever heard of them before. Even though Dustin Hoffman broke out 2 years earlier in "The Graduate."
"Go ahead, get the money."
Awesome loved it, it takes me back
I see the hordes of people & equipment involved here. All I can say is that they knew beforehand they had a winner & budgeted accordingly! One of the best ever made. Great job of character assignment throughout. Fantastic! I saw it in 1971 with a beautiful Pan Am stewardess on my arm.
Wow!
Amazing tempo
Spoiler Alert: the tenement apartment in the condemned building they were living in was located on a sound stage. The set was constructed from pieces torn out of a tenement apartment in a condemned building. As much as they wanted to shoot in the actual building, it was too dangerous so they pulled out everything they could and re-constructed it on a sound stage.
also the shot at 0:38 is just a promotional image background to give the sense they was stood infront of the building as seen at 3:40.
What a film! Acting’s finest…
Miss that gritty NYC....
Beauty !!!!!
What a awesome life that must be
Películas que se se quedó grabada en mi corazón por el valor de la amistad nunca la olvido y cada vez que puedo la veo nuevamente
What a movie!!!!
its the only one!
Que peliculasa
Yes, what a movie
Wonder what happened to Joe after? Team up with crazy Annie again?
thats something ive wondered about too, there was that waitress when he ditched his cowboy clothes,he could of got together with her and made a go of it in Florida, where he worked in construction and she worked at the cafe,although when Ratso passed things looked bleak for Joe, i think he would of found his niche in life
@@LetsGroove2Nite. That’s a great point, there was certainly a chemistry there, I think he would’ve scored better with women afterwards, without the big ego cowboy act, just been himself, certainly a lesson in there.
@@LetsGroove2Nite. Agree, joe would’ve made it on his own after, a lot wiser for sure.
hard to say but i think he was gonna be in great trouble without ratso to help him he looked very insecure on his own,dont think he was strong enough to go alone
@@cameronpickard7456 , I got the feeling that Joe Buck was a survivor. Yes, he was all alone without Ratso. However, he came into his own in New York City. Although his experiences in New York City were unpleasant, they toughened him up. I think that is one of the reasons why when the waitress in Florida asks Joe where he's from, he says New York without any hesitation. When he and Ratso got to Florida, Joe got rid of his Cowboy boots, hat and jacket. He was ready to start a new life. While his life would probably mot be easy in Florida, he would go there with a sense of reality versus the way he was when he first came to New York City.
Que peliculasa
Midnight CowBoy
Frank Sinatra at 4:50.
4:10 finish.
@@hazelwray4184 Oh, thanks for catching that. 2:50, in Santa hat.