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Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy

May 25, 1969
113 min
Drama
7.5/ 10
1,521 votes

Overview

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.

Ratings & Reviews

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TMDB
7.5/10
1,521 votes
IMDB
7.8/10
128,084 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
79/100
Metascore

Media

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$3,600,000Production cost
Box Office$44,785,053Worldwide gross
Profit$41,185,053Profitable
ROI
+1144.0%Return on investment
US Box Office$44,785,053Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

Won 3 Oscars. 28 wins & 16 nominations total

Details

Production information

"For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$3,600,000

Revenue

$44,785,053

Production Companies

Florin ProductionsJerome Hellman ProductionsUnited Artists

Cast & Crew

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Rough Trade, Big City: The Legacy of ‘Midnight Cowboy’  The Nation

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