The proverbial 'gaon ka chhora' comes to Bombay, in search of glory and stardom. He believes that he has it in him to make it big in tinseltown. But life in the city is harsh. He struggles each day, in the walk of life. But in the end, everything turns out well...we've seen it in innumerable Hindi movies.
New York...the big apple. The Empire City. The City that never sleeps. The city of hope for millions of people who turn up on her shores in search of fame and money. Joe Buck (JonVoight) wants to make it big in this city of dreams. He is a male prostitute from Texas who believes that the women of New York would not be able to resist his charms and would be willing to pay for his services. In his struggle to survive, he befriends Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), a tuberculosis-infected conman, who's dream is to move to Florida one day. Together, they eke through a living in the harsh, cruel and corrupted city.
Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman give excellent performances as the lead pair. The movie is a must watch. Midnight Cowboy portrays a realistic view of the harsh life on the streets of New York - the struggles of the ordinary man on the streets of an unforgiving city. And unlike the proverbial Hindi movie, there is no rags to riches story here. Not all clouds have a silver lining.
Till date, Midnight Cowboy remains the only X-rated movie to ever win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
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