Midnight Cowboy · Sense

Drama 1969 1h 53m

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Midnight Cowboy

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

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DIRECTOR

John Schlesinger

SCREENPLAY

Waldo Salt

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Adam Holender

EDITOR

Hugh A. Robertson

ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

John Barry

MUSIC

Toots Thielemans

PRODUCTION DESIGN

John Robert Lloyd

PRODUCER

Jerome Hellman

ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR

Willis Conner

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Burtt Harris

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Ed Rothkowitz
Leonard Saltzberg
Richard P. Cirincione

ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER

Fred C. Caruso

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Kenneth Utt

CAMERA OPERATOR

Richard C. Kratina

CARPENTER

Edward Swanson

CONTINUITY

Nicholas Sgarro

COSTUME DESIGN

Ann Roth

CREATIVE CONSULTANT

Jim Clark

ELECTRICIAN

Norman Leigh
Willie Meyerhoff

HAIRSTYLIST

Bob Grimaldi

KEY GRIP

Michael Mahony

MAKEUP ARTIST

Dick Smith
Irving Buchman

MUSIC SUPERVISOR

John Barry

NOVEL

James Leo Herlihy

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Hal Schaffel

SCENIC ARTIST

Edward Carzero

SET DECORATION

Philip Smith

SOUND

Abe Seidman

SOUND EDITOR

Jack Fitzstephens
Vincent Connelly

SOUND MIXER

Dick Vorisek

TITLE GRAPHICS

Pablo Ferro

WARDROBE SUPERVISOR

Max Soloman

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Midnight Cowboy
Released 1969
Directed by John Schlesinger
Title page #3116

Academy Awards

1970Winner: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Best Director
Winner: Best Picture
Nominee: Best Actor
Nominee: Best Supporting Actress
Nominee: Best Film Editing

National Board Of Review: Top Ten Films

1969Winner: National Board Of Review: Top Ten Films