USA, 1969
113m
35mm film, colour, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American drama film with some fantasy sequences directed by John Schlesinger.
Plot Summary
Joe Buck travels from Texas to New York with the ambition of becoming a hustler. Things don’t go as planned and he falls in with disabled and dying con man Ratso Rizzo. Several of Joe’s daydreams, fantasies and nightmares are visualised, including seeing his long-lost girlfriend Annie walking through a cinema while he’s being fellated by a student and nightmares about Annie’s incarceration in a psychiatric hospital.
Credits
Crew
Director: John Schlesinger
© MCMLXIX [1969] by Jerome Hellman Productions, Inc.
A presentation of Jerome Hellman Productions, Inc.
Producer: Jerome Hellman
Associate Producer: Kenneth Utt
Screenplay: Waldo Salt
Based on the Novel by: James Leo Herlihy
Director of Photography: Adam Holender
Film Editor: Hugh A. Robertson
Musical Supervision: John Barry
Electronic Music by: Sear Electronic Music Production
Sound: Abe Seidman
Costume Designer: Ann Roth
Make-up: Irving Buchman
Make-up Consultant: Dick Smith
Hairdressing: Bob Grimaldi
Graphic Effects: Pablo Ferro
Special Lighting Effects: Joshua Light Show Joshua White]
Production Designer: John Robert Lloyd
Filmed at Filmways Studio, New York
Cast
Dustin Hoffman (Ratso)
Jon Voight (Joe Buck)
Brenda Vaccaro (Shirley)
John McGiver (Mr O’Daniel)
Ruth White (Sally Buck – Texas)
Sylvia Miles (Cass)
Barnard Hughes (Towny)
Jennifer Salt (Annie – Texas)
Bob Balaban (the young student – New York)
Georgann Johnson (rich lady – New York)
Jan Tice (freaked-out lady – New York)
Jonathan Kramer (Jackie – New York)
Viva (Gretel – New York)
Ultra Violet (party guest – New York)
Anthony Holland (TV bishop – New York)
Gastone Rossilli
Gil Rankin Gilman Rankin] (Woodsy Niles – Texas)
Gary Owens, T. Tom Marlow (Little Joe – Texas)
George Eppersen (Ralph – Texas)
Al Scott (cafeteria manager – Texas)
Alternative Titles
Asfaltcowboy – Norway
Asphalt-Cowboy – Austria, Germany
O cow boy tou mesonyktiou – Greece
Cowboiul de la miezul nopţii – Romania
O Cowboy da Meia-Noite – Portugal
Cowboy de medianoche – Spain
Cowboy de mitjanit – Spain (Catalan)
Cowboy Shel Hatzot – Israel
O cowboy tou mesonyhtiou – Greece
Cowboyul de la miezul nopţii – Romania
Éjféli cowboy – Hungary
Geceyarisi kovboyu – Turkey
Kaboy-e nimeshab – Iran
Keskiyön cowboy – Finland
Kesköine kauboi – Estonia
Macadam cowboy – Belgium (Flemish), French, Canada (French)
Mayonaka no kâbôi – Japan
Nocny kowboj – Poland
Perdidos en la noche – Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Perdidos na Noite – Brazil
Polnočni kavboj – Slovenia
Polnocný kovboj – Slovakia
Ponoćni kauboj – Croatia, Serbia
Un uomo da marciapiede – Italy
Vidurnakcio kaubojus – Lithuania
Ο καουμπόι του μεσονυχτίου – Greece
Опiвнiчний ковбой – Ukraine
Полуночный ковбой – Russia
Среднощен каубой – Bulgaria
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.19 p.44
Books
- Armchair Cinema: A History of Feature Films on British Television, 1929-1981 by Sheldon Hall p.185
