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''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy, adapted into a 1969 film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Jon Voight and [[Dustin Hoffman]]. This article deals primarily with the movie.
'''''Midnight Cowboy''''' is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy, adapted into a 1969 film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Jon Voight and [[Dustin Hoffman]]. This article deals primarily with the movie.


Joe Buck is a dishwasher in a rural Texas diner. [[Country Mouse|He's not very bright]]. One day, he decides to dress like a rodeo cowboy and move to New York, hoping to prostitute himself to wealthy women. He burns through his savings very quickly, unable to hustle, and is taken in by Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, a small-time con man with a bad leg and pneumonia. They scrape by as best they can, hoping to escape to Florida one day...
Joe Buck is a dishwasher in a rural Texas diner. [[Country Mouse|He's not very bright]]. One day, he decides to dress like a rodeo cowboy and move to New York, hoping to prostitute himself to wealthy women. He burns through his savings very quickly, unable to hustle, and is taken in by Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, a small-time con man with a bad leg and pneumonia. They scrape by as best they can, hoping to escape to Florida one day...
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The movie garnered quite a bit of controversy upon its release, being given an X rating by the [[Moral Guardians|MPAA]] (this was reduced to an R the following year). It is seen as one of the defining movies of the late '60s.
The movie garnered quite a bit of controversy upon its release, being given an X rating by the [[Moral Guardians|MPAA]] (this was reduced to an R the following year). It is seen as one of the defining movies of the late '60s.


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* [[Big Applesauce]]{{context}}
=== ''Midnight Cowboy'' contains examples of: ===
* [[Coolest Club Ever]]{{context}}
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* [[Big Applesauce]]
* [[Coolest Club Ever]]
* [[Dies Wide Open]]{{context}}
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* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]{{context}}
* [[Dies Wide Open]]
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* [[Downer Ending]]{{context}}
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* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]
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* [[Everybody Must Get Stoned]]{{context}}
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* [[Downer Ending]]
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* [[Everybody Must Get Stoned]]
* [[Everything Is Big in Texas]]: The film opens with a shot of the "Big Tex Drive-In".
* [[Everything Is Big in Texas]]: The film opens with a shot of the "Big Tex Drive-In".
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]{{context}}
* [[Ho Yay]]: Rizzo and Joe Buck.
* [[Ho Yay]]: Rizzo and Joe Buck.{{context}}
* [[Imagine Spot]]
* [[Imagine Spot]]{{context}}
* [[Incurable Cough of Death]]
* [[Incurable Cough of Death]]{{context}}
* [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]
* [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]{{context}}
* [[Jerkass]]: Rizzo, a good deal of the time.
* [[Jerkass]]: Rizzo, a good deal of the time.{{context}}
* [[Large Ham]]: O'Daniel.
* [[Large Ham]]: O'Daniel.{{context}}
* [[Leitmotif]]: ''Everybody's Talkin'", used for Joe Buck.
* [[Leitmotif]]: ''Everybody's Talkin'", used for Joe Buck.
* [[Naked in Mink]]
* [[Naked in Mink]]{{context}}
* [[New Age Retro Hippie]]
* [[New Age Retro Hippie]]{{context}}
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Cass.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Cass.{{context}}
* [[One Head Taller]]: Rizzo and Joe Buck.
* [[One Head Taller]]: Rizzo and Joe Buck.{{context}}
* [[Rape as Drama]]: The flashbacks of {{spoiler|"Crazy Annie" and Joe Buck getting gang raped.}}
* [[Rape as Drama]]: The flashbacks of {{spoiler|"Crazy Annie" and Joe Buck getting gang raped.}}
* [[Real Song Theme Tune]]: Harry Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'".
* [[Real Song Theme Tune]]: Harry Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'".
* [[Red Light District]]: 42nd Street.
* [[Red Light District]]: 42nd Street.{{context}}
* [[Signature Line]]: "I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here!"
* [[Signature Line]]: "I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here!"
* [[Slippery Soap]]: Dropped by Joe in the very first scene.
* [[Slippery Soap]]: Dropped by Joe in the very first scene.
* [[Smoking Hot Sex]]: Subverted. Joe Buck and Shirley smoke out of frustration, after [[The Loins Sleep Tonight|he is hit with erectile dysfunction]].
* [[Smoking Hot Sex]]: Subverted. Joe Buck and Shirley smoke out of frustration, after [[The Loins Sleep Tonight|he is hit with erectile dysfunction]].
* [[Something Else Also Rises]]
* [[Something Else Also Rises]]{{context}}
* [[Tear Jerker]]
* [[Tear Jerker]]{{context}}
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Joe Buck sure loves handing out money to people who ask.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Joe Buck sure loves handing out money to people who ask.{{context}}
* [[Wrong Side of the Tracks]]
* [[Wrong Side of the Tracks]]{{context}}


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Latest revision as of 00:49, 3 October 2020

Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy, adapted into a 1969 film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman. This article deals primarily with the movie.

Joe Buck is a dishwasher in a rural Texas diner. He's not very bright. One day, he decides to dress like a rodeo cowboy and move to New York, hoping to prostitute himself to wealthy women. He burns through his savings very quickly, unable to hustle, and is taken in by Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, a small-time con man with a bad leg and pneumonia. They scrape by as best they can, hoping to escape to Florida one day...

The movie garnered quite a bit of controversy upon its release, being given an X rating by the MPAA (this was reduced to an R the following year). It is seen as one of the defining movies of the late '60s.

Tropes used in Midnight Cowboy include:
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