Tonight I watched Midnight Cowboy starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight.
Summary: Texas greenhorn Joe Buck arrives in New York for the first time. Preening himself as a real 'hustler', he finds that he is the one getting 'hustled' until he teams up with a down-and-out but resilient outcast named Ratso Rizzo. The initial 'country cousin meets city cousin' relationship deepens. In their efforts to bilk a hostile world rebuffing them at every turn, this unlikely pair progress from partners in shady business to comrades. Each has found his first real friend.
This movie was so a bit strange and so sad. One of the things I didn't care for in the movie were the clippets of scenes. You really had to pay attention so you can piece together the Joe Buck character's past. Fun facts about this movie. Back when this movie came out in 1969 it was rated X (later changed to rated R). That being said, it's the only rated X movie to win a Oscar.
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