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Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy(2023)

1h 41m
- Documentary

Release Date: Jun 23, 2023 | Limited

Follows the behind-the-scenes odyssey to get Midnight Cowboy (1969) produced, as well as the tumultuous era in which the movie was released and embraced.

Releases

Original Release | Jun 23, 2023

Box Office

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$8,734
Total US & Canada:
$55,124
Total Worldwide:
$55,124

Director & Top Cast

Nancy Buirski
Director

Bob Balaban
Self - Actor, Director

Brian De Palma
Self - Actor, Director

Jon Voight
Self

Waldo Salt
Self

Jennifer Salt
Self - Actor, Screewriter

John Schlesinger

Self

Adam Holender

Self - Cinematographer

Lucy Sante

Self - Author, 'Low Life'

Ian Buruma

Self - Author

Dustin Hoffman

Self

Edmund White

Self - Author, 'A Boys Own Story'

Marsha P. Johnson

Self - Activist, Murdered July 6, 1992

Charles Kaiser

Self - Author, 'The Gay Metropolis'

Mort Sahl

Self

Joseph N. Welch

Self - U.S. Army Chief Counsel

Joseph McCarthy

Self

Roy M. Cohn

Self

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Summaries

Plot Summary

This is not a documentary about the making of Midnight Cowboy. It is about a dark and difficult masterpiece and the deeply gifted and flawed people who made it. It is about New York in a troubled era of cultural ferment and social change. It is about an era that made a movie and a movie that made an era. The 1969 movie tells the story of two homeless loners who join forces out of desperation and struggle to survive. It features superb performances by Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, spirited direction by John Schlesinger, a brilliant screenplay by blacklist survivor Waldo Salt, and a memorable musical soundtrack. The result was the only X-rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture and John Schlesinger's win as Best Director over George Roy Hill, Arthur Penn, Sydney Pollack and Costa-Gavras! It paved the way for a generation's worth of gritty, New York-based movies with adult themes and complex characters. A half century after its release, Midnight Cowboy remains one of the most original and groundbreaking movies of the modern era. It is set in a New York besieged by economic collapse, social unrest, and cultural upheaval in the midst of Black, gay and women's liberation movements. It heralded the coming of age of Hollywood - a time when risk-taking movies flourished, old rules were shattered, and a new breed of filmmakers took on adult themes and troubled characters never before seen in mainstream films. We look at Midnight Cowboy's moment and why this movie resonates so powerfully more than fifty years later.

Storyline

Midnight Cowboy (1969) produced, as well as the tumultuous era in which the movie was released and embraced.

Headlines

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Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy(2023)

Box Office

Results

Director & Top Cast

Nancy Buirski

Bob Balaban

Brian De Palma

Jon Voight

Waldo Salt

Jennifer Salt

John Schlesinger

Adam Holender

Lucy Sante

Ian Buruma

Dustin Hoffman

Edmund White

Marsha P. Johnson

Charles Kaiser

Mort Sahl

Joseph N. Welch

Joseph McCarthy

Roy M. Cohn

Other Details

Summaries

Plot Summary

Storyline

Headlines

Libraries Achieve Record-Breaking Circulation of Digital Media in 2023

Library Card Streaming Service Kanopy Releases Its Top 30 Most-Watched Films ...