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Midnight Cowboy Ending / Final scene
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@Kaboomboo 12 жыл бұрын
His last words were "Thank you, Joe." Heartbreaking.
@randylalrinsanga3078 3 жыл бұрын
Yes. Truly heartbreaking. He was truly thankful to Joe for all that he has done for him.
@CarlosMartinez-ft7hd 2 жыл бұрын
@@randylalrinsanga3078 good coment.my friend is true fantastic movie
@frankdenardo8684 2 жыл бұрын
His friend passes on and Joe has to grow up in a big hurry.
@52hopkins 12 жыл бұрын
In the final scene the bus drive was my grandfather, He still tells storys about this film to the day. My grandfather is now 86 years old. was in the film industry from the age 18 till he retired and this was one of the few that he will always speak about.
@peternemeth1777 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Yes indeed this film is one of those that is so simple and yet so deep. But dustin hoffmanns great acting is part of what makes the movie so special. You can be proud that you relate indirectly to a movie that reached cult status. And I'm proud for you and for your grandfather. A movie that surely has a special place in my heart particularly this beautiful ending yet so sad.
@CHRISRepAZ 4 жыл бұрын
Wow
@krakenlover318 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing and my best wishes to your grandfather
@scorpioqueen9633 4 жыл бұрын
@Gary McMichael 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Sunburst75 4 жыл бұрын
@Chimera XDX Amazing. This movie will last forever and so will the music. I've watched it about 10 times since the 70s!!
@alexblock3091 6 жыл бұрын
When Rico says "Thanks Joe" I felt it was more open ended like for thanking him for actually caring for him when everyone in his life treated him like trash and Joe saw him as a good person with good intentions. Beautiful film
@geoffhill6992 4 жыл бұрын
same here
@davidlamotta1994 4 жыл бұрын
I agree with you. There were two tragedies here. Ratso dying and Joe Buck living in Miami Florida without a friend in the world.
@davidlamotta1994 3 жыл бұрын
@I am Jean Pierre, the Evil Puppet! how in the world is he supposed to be okay? When ratso Rizzo died and the ambulance came to see what was wrong, Joe Buck went with the ambulance to the hospital to declare ratso Rizzo dead. That night, Joe Buck went to a cheap motel to spend the night. In the morning Social Services buried ratso rizzo in the Miami cemetery and of course Joe Buck was there to say goodbye. From there Lord knows what happened to Joe Buck. Think about this for a moment. He's got no job, no skills, no trade or profession of any kind. He has absolutely no friends or contacts worth a damn, and he is homeless. I'll say it again, how in the world is Joe Buck supposed to be okay in Miami Florida?
@mrgmft5746 3 жыл бұрын
Yep. Great Writing. Simple. Profound. Timing
@frankdenardo8684 3 жыл бұрын
I agree
@bluecatky 7 жыл бұрын
Such a sad scene. Joe was alone most of his life and Ratso was his first and only true friend. They were all each other had. You can see the despair and loneliness on Joe's face as he cradles Ratso's lifeless body in his arms.
@metallitech 6 жыл бұрын
Totally agree with this comment. However I wish they'd shown a bit more; Joe burying Ratso, Joe getting a job, anything....
@gridplan 6 жыл бұрын
There was nothing more to show. The movie ends just where the book it's based on does.
@LPCLASSICAL 5 жыл бұрын
Rizzo, its Rizzo
@LPCLASSICAL 5 жыл бұрын
@@metallitech The smile that Joe gets from the girl in the shop suggests Joe has a future worth living for. Nothing more is needed in this film.
@tywilliamnash5078 5 жыл бұрын
Melanie Willard..... don't you just Hate That!!....
@Avarcirith 12 жыл бұрын
I saw this movie for the first time several years ago. This was the first time I saw someone accurately portray death in a movie. When Ratso starts crying and listing everything that's wrong with him, you can tell that he knows deep down that he's going to die from it. Maybe he doesn't know how soon, but he knows it will happen, and it both scares and saddens him. He "cheers up" quickly for Joe, because that's what people who are dying do for those around them. Subtly done, but very powerful.
@slyslaughter5115 7 жыл бұрын
well said
@rabbi173 3 жыл бұрын
That Hoffman kid just might have a future in the business.
@georgevarughese4886 3 жыл бұрын
What did he die of?
@Avarcirith 3 жыл бұрын
George Varughese Could have been any number of undiagnosed conditions, made worse by his lifestyle- pneumonia, cancer, Hepatitis C, etc.
@williampherrmann2422 2 жыл бұрын
@@georgevarughese4886 in the book he had polio and pneumonia
@MarzanWorldwide 5 жыл бұрын
My Mother was in this film , as a waitress in the Donut shop scene. I am very proud that she was even a small part of an iconic film!
@movetherunner 5 жыл бұрын
I used to stop at the Dunkln Donuts on the circle in Hollywood, FL all the time
@daddymcpapi7520 5 жыл бұрын
Marzan Worldwide is she the dark haired woman behind the register?
@fordmustang769 4 жыл бұрын
Liar
@ne12bot94 4 жыл бұрын
Oooh he said dunkin doughnuts.i miss read , i thought he said drinkin do nuts . 🍩
@kidgreenhorn 4 жыл бұрын
Cool
@phyllischarpentier4585 6 жыл бұрын
Flawless performance by Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman.
@light279 2 жыл бұрын
They both should have gotten oscars fot their performances in this movie.
@jamesdrynan 3 ай бұрын
First X rated movie to win Best Picture Oscar. A love story of two men. Also Oscars for Best Director and Screenplay.
@AlonsoRules Ай бұрын
and the Oscar went to John Wayne who could never act
@Katy51844 12 жыл бұрын
I cried at the end of this movie. Actually I cried throughout the movie. The relationship between the two men was something very seldom seen.
@tomster927 6 жыл бұрын
Very good point. In terms of "male friendship" only Papillon comes as close to really capture it cinematically.
@davidlamotta1994 4 жыл бұрын
You cried huh? I had a nervous breakdown!
@andreatuckman1084 3 жыл бұрын
@@tomster927 another very depressing film but brilliantly acted by Hoffman yet again.
@حضرمون 3 жыл бұрын
Same bro, I watched this movie last night, around 2 AM and cried at the final scene. Very heart touching 😢, good acting though.
@frankdenardo8684 3 жыл бұрын
In the end Rizzo passed away and Joe Buck went from man child to adult.
@CP-mo4kp 5 жыл бұрын
Ratso's death was sad but who my heart really breaks for here is Joe. He's all alone in a new city with nowhere to live, very little money and nobody by his side. Not to mention the fact that he is pretty much a child in grown man's body... you can't help but wonder just how the hell is he going to survive in Florida. Brilliant acting from Jon Voight, possibly the best throughout his career.
@joel8583 5 жыл бұрын
I think Joe would be alright. At that moment in his life, he's matured and making better decisions.
@joel8583 5 жыл бұрын
Exactly. The dead have no more problems.
@nobodyspecial675 5 жыл бұрын
Joe's fine. He's somewhere cheaper with nicer weather, plus he finally lost the ego and naivety that stopped him from working a normal job. He'll go back to being a dishwasher, or something similar, to get by for the foreseeable future. The important thing is that he's actually grown through all of this. Losing Rico is tragic but it's not the end of Joe's life.
@tied2dye1 5 жыл бұрын
cold hearted bitch
@KevTheImpaler 4 жыл бұрын
I think it's a lot harder for Rico than Joe. The only thing is that he did not die alone and someone cared about him. Jon Voight was good in this. He was never better.
@WhiteStone21475 3 жыл бұрын
Over 50 years and the ending still brings tears. That was a work of art!
@gracie30ish 6 жыл бұрын
jon voight is one of those actors that makes you forget you're watching a movie..he never looks like he's acting.
@kifflom4032 5 жыл бұрын
It just came on I never watched it. before and didnt realize it was John Voight. So, glad I watched it.
@danof1000faces 5 жыл бұрын
Amen. That moment at 7:52 where he finally embraces his buddy. The look of sadness and terror as he faces the fact he's on his own in life going forward. Yep you forget he's acting.
@jcford33 5 жыл бұрын
All brilliantly accomplished with just an expression.
@chucknewcomb3577 5 жыл бұрын
reason why ,Jon Voight has, empathy compassion and ethics and morals ,the true essence of a Hollywood star
@basilfomeen9995 4 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget the last lines of the book. Joe realized he was all alone. And he was scared. Scared to death.
@TheRealColeKane 13 жыл бұрын
In the end of the film Joe is a new man. he is no longer a cowboy from Texas, he is a conditioned New York-er just into Florida! Rico makes it out of the dark hell he's known his whole life and dies in the warm sunlight of Florida!
@ThisIsNuckingFuts 3 жыл бұрын
You are a person I would wanna know
@harrymackenzie5403 3 жыл бұрын
@@ThisIsNuckingFuts Me too! New spin on this awesome yet bleak movie!
@michelez715 3 жыл бұрын
RealColeKane, thanks for yr comment. I always found this unbearably sad, but you've found something positive. Yes, there may be hope and a new start for Joe, and Rico ended where he wanted to be for so long.
@qkljhewgfhergk 3 жыл бұрын
Funny how New York is all clean now and Florida is well, Florida
@colleenross8752 Жыл бұрын
Lived in hell, dies in Heaven
@Hampsteadnw3London 3 ай бұрын
ABSOLUTELY A MASTERPIECE!!! Not a bad shot in the entire film! Without question one of the best films ever made! Exceptional on every single level! 🙏🏻🌎🙏🏻
@jaumepiquebernaus1853 Ай бұрын
Fully agree !!! In my country Spain It use to be shown in TV several times and this film allways cacth me. I never understood wy Midnight cowboy was rated as an X film in USA , wy it's crude real live . Greetings from Barcelona Excuse my english.
@RaspyOne Ай бұрын
@@jaumepiquebernaus1853 Very well said, I understand what you are saying completely. Excellent movie! Here in USA sometimes things are done a little bit backwards (LOL) which is why the movie was rated as an X film. Greetings to you from Chicago Illinois 😘
@wanderrocha9581 4 күн бұрын
O melhor ator de todos os tempos Dustin Hoffman merecia o Oscar depois a academia te deu o Oscar
@Gunners_Mate_Guns 8 ай бұрын
This movie dared to show people that life doesn't always go as you hoped, that not every story has a happy ending. That's one of the important things about this movie to make it immortal all these years after it was originally made.
@wanderrocha9581 5 ай бұрын
Que filme estava nos meus 18 anos viu nós cine santa Efigênia em Belo Horizonte hoje não existe mais um show de interpretação do mestre Dust Hoffmann
@amanred9337 3 ай бұрын
Yes in some ways it is showing the opposite of the American dream.
@Gunners_Mate_Guns 3 ай бұрын
@@amanred9337 It does. It also gives just a glimmer of hope for Joe Buck at the end, even as he is overcome with grief.
@JohnBlessingPaligap 11 жыл бұрын
It was and is a very sad film. The ending was heartbreaking, they don't make films like this anymore.
@Sentientmatter8 7 жыл бұрын
John Blessing The reality check of the 70s certainly made for good filmmaking.
@LordGreystoke 2 жыл бұрын
Try reading the novel
@johnchalmers 2 жыл бұрын
They don't make friendships like this anymore !
@cameronpickard7456 Жыл бұрын
nobodys ever made a film like this was 1 of a kind
@TheSaltydog07 Жыл бұрын
Thank God
@jamesdrynan 3 жыл бұрын
A moving scene. Films in the late sixties and early seventies seemed to leave the happy ending format behind and become gritty and realistic. With Easy Rider, Butch Cassidy..., Midnight Cowboy and other mainstream movies, the heroes and antiheroes died. The industry reflected the loss of innocence in society. It was the first time an X rated film received Best Picture Oscar. Hoffman and Voight were perfectly cast and the poignant music resonates today.
@336nudist 2 жыл бұрын
This trend toward fatalism in feature films of the late Sixties and those through the Seventies was called the Vietnamization of the American film by critic Pauline Kael. Another film I'm reminded of from this same era was Robert Altman's "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" with Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. This atypical Western was another bleak reminder of how the war had left many Americans with ambivalent notions about the real need for such conflicts.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbOnrdqq0ZrSfIU.html
@nobodyaskedbut 6 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest scene performances ever by Hoffman in this, one of the most magnificent films ever made.
@melmatthews5876 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! I couldn't agree more!!!!
@philomath67 7 жыл бұрын
Along with Papillon and Cuckoo's Nest, one of the most sad, beautiful endings ever.
@olympe1996 7 жыл бұрын
wow thank you, I had never see Papillon, any other recomendation? :)
@philomath67 7 жыл бұрын
Nice. :) Recommendations for Dustin Hoffman movies?
@mistofoles 7 жыл бұрын
STRAW DOGS, MARATHON MAN, SLEEPERS, STRAIGHT TIME, all great movies.
@liamwhitcombe1237 6 жыл бұрын
jeepersfreepers I'd go for Jim's forgetting what his mother looks like in the pagoda scene, along with the reunion with his parents at the end of Empire of The Sun, for my saddest movie moments
@Tusc9969 6 жыл бұрын
Midnight Cowboy, One who flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Scarecrow...saddest endings for me
@TheKingOfRuckus Жыл бұрын
That look at the bus driver after he closes Rico's eyes is gut wrenching. It screams "I'm scared! What do I do now?". We've all been there at least once.
@dannymcconnell9009 2 жыл бұрын
i love how joe starts calling rico instead of ratzo. right at the end. when hes trying to make sure he is ok he is saying 'hey rico'. its so sad and cool. he is finally getting respect but the poor bastard missed it by dying. At the end of this movie after all the living in the gutter these two guys done im so glad that rico had joe with him when he died. he could have easily collapsed in a gutter and not be found for hours and been anynomous. but he had a dear friend next to him saying his actual name. what a beautiful film.
@RobertGreenbranch 18 күн бұрын
Best friends always, one never leaves a true friend behind, if our ancestor would do leave a buddy behind, then we would not be here today, simple as that
@cogitoanne3262 Жыл бұрын
I was learning English when I first saw this movie. Dustin Hoffman said in some interview that he tried to put as much dignity as possible in the character, and I learned what “dignity” means from his character.
@EphemeralProductions 3 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@assateaguecottage8378 7 жыл бұрын
I love this movie. Ricco gets Joe out of the city and to a better place. Sad that he dies but Joe looks so relaxed and optimistic after he changes his cloths and the pretty waitress talks to him.
@WinslowLeach1974 6 жыл бұрын
Very true, but I wonder if losing Ratzo put a scare in Joe as now he's alone again. He looks pretty frightened at the end, like all the optimism has suddenly vanished.
@leonptr 2 жыл бұрын
Why Jon Voight didn't win an Oscar for this is beyond me. This scene alone should have guaranteed it. The movie for me is one of the top ten of all time.
@twistysnacks 11 ай бұрын
Because half the scenes he was in, so was Dustin Hoffman. And, well, Dustin made him look just okay.
@daleandrews3552 10 ай бұрын
From my observation, newcomers - who Voight essentially was - are seldom if ever given an Oscar on their first real acting gig, no matter how big the film turns out to be, such as this one.
@cowicial5674 7 ай бұрын
@@daleandrews3552sam mendes won an oscar for best director for his film American Beauty. that was his first feature film. just an example.
@michaelfreydberg4619 3 ай бұрын
He didn’t win an Oscar?! I saw this movie as a kid and thought he had. He should have for sure.
@variousJnames 5 жыл бұрын
He was a true friend.
@theresabrown8994 7 жыл бұрын
This is the saddest films I have ever seen; it breaks my heart just to think of it. I remember weeping uncontrollably at the end of the film. when I first saw it.
@QuantumRift 7 жыл бұрын
Think how much more you would have wept had this been "Midnight Titanic" where Ratso and Joe were actually ON the Titanic, as Third class passengers..
@Littlebigbot 7 жыл бұрын
QuantumRift Something's wrong with you.
@tylsimys67 6 жыл бұрын
I laugh and cry uncontrollably right now.
@TheKonga88 4 жыл бұрын
I cried when the plastic dolly from outer space was eating the moon pie. 👽👽👽👽🌕🎑🌜🌛🏃🏃🏃🏃🌕🌕🌕🍤🌙🍋🐸🐸🐙🏃🏃🐙👵👱🍭🍭🌙🌙🌙
@luisastetecanal3599 3 жыл бұрын
Una de mis MEJORES peliculas que vi cuando estaba en la epoca de ingreso a la Universidad. GENIALES estos actores clasicos (Voight / Hoffman) y los temas MUSICALES extraordinarios !!!!!....saludos de Peru.
@Firebrand55 11 жыл бұрын
You can act the role and you can BE the role.....Jon Vought manages both, such that the actor fades and he IS the Midnight Cowboy. Great performance from a great actor.....and Dustin Hoffman, whose faint," Thanks Joe" is one of filmdoms great last words.
@tomster927 6 жыл бұрын
Great comment. I used to think that Hoffman's was the standout role, but now I think that Voight's performance is even better. It's more nuanced, in a way. Of course, both are fantastic.
@mwilliamshs Ай бұрын
Who is Vought?
@EphemeralProductions 5 жыл бұрын
Don't know why I'm watching this. I'm a guy and just a few days ago one of my guy friends died. I miss him a lot more than I expected I would. He was disabled and I came over and helped him shower, made him food, etc as a friend not caregiver. I found him and he was already dead. I think I'm watching this because it comforts me in a way because I can relate
@adriennerobinson1180 2 жыл бұрын
My Heartfelt Condolences
@EphemeralProductions 2 жыл бұрын
@@adriennerobinson1180 thanks so much. it's 3 years later but I miss him a little still and I'm glad I got to know him.
@adriennerobinson1180 2 жыл бұрын
@@EphemeralProductions You are Welcome. Aww,I know you still miss him.
@robotniqueee 13 күн бұрын
Your friend was lucky to have somebody like you in their life.
@EphemeralProductions 13 күн бұрын
@@robotniqueee ❤️
@pandaeyes42 11 жыл бұрын
One of the most perfect final sequences ever committed to film.
@chrisbacos 7 жыл бұрын
I remember the theme song played here was constantly on the radio in Dec 1969, Jan 1970.
@TheRealColeKane 13 жыл бұрын
I'm glad he got the last shirt with the palm tree!
@pescgoldtfisch2363 5 жыл бұрын
Rico would have been disappointed in Miami anyway. You saw his fantasy: friends, money, influence, cooking skills. If he had lived, he would have had the same poverty, crippledness, and loneliness that he had in NYC. Best he died looking forward to something new, some new life just down the road.
@pescgoldtfisch2363 5 жыл бұрын
Too bad for Joe, though.
@lisagriggs9267 5 жыл бұрын
Pesc Goldtfisch mm
@oldman9843 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah but if I had to live that life I would rather live it in FL , at least you are warm in winter .
@treasurehunteruk9718 3 жыл бұрын
He did keep saying Florida would be warm, and his NY home had no heating, so that would have been the big difference,
@iaw7406 3 жыл бұрын
Id rather be poor in a warmer climate tbh
@joesolese 12 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Movie down to the end. It's sad how Joe Buck shows some dignity by putting his arm around Rico even in death just so that he acknowledges him in front of all those people on the bus. Truly one of the greatest movies ever made.
@seeyouinthecorners 11 жыл бұрын
Every time I hear Nilsson's Everybody's Talkin' , I think of Ratso dying on the bus. So very poignant.
@Sunburst75 7 жыл бұрын
Yes..............and such a great song and movie
@StarfieldRailway 7 жыл бұрын
What is the song at the very end?
@dirkdiggler8769 6 жыл бұрын
Hooptie Hamburger 'Midnight Cowboy' theme. Composed by John Barry, most famous for the James Bond theme, but the composer of many others.
@peternemeth1777 4 жыл бұрын
Me too. It's an indelible connection and that feels so right. The movie is part of my heart that I don't want to miss there together with Joe, Ratso, this ending scene and this music and also the beautiful melody that follows after everybodies talking at you.
@letolethe5878 3 жыл бұрын
@@Sunburst75 Rico.
@randylalrinsanga3078 3 жыл бұрын
This movie has one of the saddest endings, period. Rico just dying there in the bus, with high hopes for him and Joe in Miami,Florida. And poor Joe had to see his new best friend die like that. Terrific performance by both Dustin and Jon.
@dfa3366 3 жыл бұрын
The way that Joe holds Ratso at the end is so touching. He’s my friend.
@saxglend9439 3 жыл бұрын
Shelley & Keats
@cameronpickard7456 2 жыл бұрын
yup his only friend now hes gone sad
@EphemeralProductions 3 ай бұрын
So sad and sweet. ❤
@RobertGreenbranch 18 күн бұрын
you mean Rico, not "ratboy", I presume
@EphemeralProductions 18 күн бұрын
@@RobertGreenbranch ratso was the nickname Rico used
@titaniarox 11 жыл бұрын
This scene tears my heart right out. Every time.
@benkleschinsky 4 жыл бұрын
Beauty doesn’t last forever. Cherish beautiful moments when they come into your life, because all good things must pass.
@johnchalmers 2 жыл бұрын
I can still recall the first time I saw the abridged version on network TV in 1974 . I cried when Ratso died . At 58 and having lost all relatives and my wife beside in her bed from cancer , this still makes me weep !
@roscoefoofoo Жыл бұрын
Condolences and goodwill to you, John, through your griefs. You're not alone in all this....
@EphemeralProductions 3 ай бұрын
So so sorry dear sir ❤❤❤❤. Big hugs!
@JohnBlessingPaligap 11 жыл бұрын
How? He died of abuse, years of smoking, bad diet, being broke and poor. His body gave out, it happens all the time in New York.
@sauluribe7082 Жыл бұрын
And not seeing a doctor.
@JK-je9md Жыл бұрын
He most likely died of aids actually based off his symptoms
@Jared_Wignall Жыл бұрын
He died of Tuberculosis. Him coughing the way he does is a good indicator of that.
@kathir4717 Жыл бұрын
@@sauluribe7082he is poor
@handlethis009 11 ай бұрын
LMFAO that's SHOWBIZ 🍿🎥
@theblackjet 11 жыл бұрын
The old lady putting on makeup trying to look young, and the younger man who will never be old.
@TheKonga88 4 жыл бұрын
And the plastic dolly from outer space eating the moon pie. 🌙🍭🍭👱👵🐙🏃🏃🐸🍋🍤🌕🌜🌛🎑👽👽👽😀😀😀🚟🚠🚡🍥⏰🛂🍈🍈✋
@tylsimys67 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheKonga88 And finally you...
@TheKonga88 4 жыл бұрын
@@tylsimys67 PAND PINASPEEY POO 😁😁😁😁😁🌜🌛🌕🌕🌙🌝🌎🍭🍭🍹🍾🍯🍯🍩🥛🎄🎄🎄🎄🎃🎃
@giaa3473 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheKonga88 best nonsequeter ever!
@melmatthews5876 2 жыл бұрын
Beautifully put and very sad.
@soniaalboresi5488 7 жыл бұрын
A masterpiece
@vole12 4 жыл бұрын
I'm not into films but this is amazing and beautiful . The soundtrack is worthy of the film . I've always loved Midnight Cowboy . My mum and dad had the album . I listened to it through the years when my folks were dead and gone . This song with a harmonica and no words speaks volumes .
@richsj1065 4 жыл бұрын
Saw this movie and i was deeply moved for a week. Hoffman's performance is worthy of recognition so does Voight's. Angelina's dad was a cutie back then.
@suz1862 7 жыл бұрын
The greatest final scene, ever!
@waynegreer72 13 жыл бұрын
This is one of the all time greatest films ever made. Dustin Hoffman is an amazing actor. This scene reminds me of long Greyhound trips I made over the years from Texas to California.
@mistofoles 6 жыл бұрын
Joe knew Rico was dead, he just couldn't bring himself to admit it.
@MrJpartridge 6 жыл бұрын
In my opinion Dustin Hoffman is America's greatest actor
@helbitkelbit1790 3 жыл бұрын
It's actually Tom Hanks....but dustpin ok
@helbitkelbit1790 3 жыл бұрын
P
@prokesuk 3 жыл бұрын
He's made some real stinkers along the way
@AnyoneCanSee 3 жыл бұрын
@@prokesuk - Being in a shit movie doesn't make you a lesser actor. Actors just act. They don't write and direct the films. No matter how good they are they can't make the movie a good one.
@bigdumbclown 3 жыл бұрын
You'll rethink that if you ever watch Outbreak. Laughable and God-awful performance.
@chris119971 12 жыл бұрын
"Thank you, Joe," Rico.
@nmualumnus9011 4 жыл бұрын
As I am watching this scene, I am breaking in tears. I think I better stop here. I can't take it anymore.
@DeeNice681 5 жыл бұрын
Dustin Hoffman's performance in the movie, one of the greatest of all time!
@chaztheox 4 жыл бұрын
One of the few movies that made me cry, it was this scene, and the scene where Joe is offered an invite to the part and Rico isn't, and he looks miserable, it made me cry and not many movies do.
@cizia69 Жыл бұрын
In spite of everything, you know that Joe's life is going to be good. He is a new man and the cafe's waitress's reaction to his new appearance and new take on life shows it.
@Topesio66 2 жыл бұрын
Goodbye, Rico. You made me cry each time I looked again at this scene.
@mkfloyd9131 3 жыл бұрын
that is the most heart breaking hug on film...
@davidlamotta1994 4 жыл бұрын
When I see a film like this I am reminded of what Mario Puzo the famous writer of The Godfather once wrote: "You've led a fool's life and now you've come to a fool's end."
@mrfingers123 12 жыл бұрын
Don't forget an incredible harmonica player. Toots Thielemans.
@davidlamotta1994 7 жыл бұрын
In the end Ricco Rizzo by showing friendship and a home to stay in acquired a best friend that really cared about him. This friend gave him something to hope for in the form of literally taking him out of New York to a new home and a new life in Florida. He gave Ricco something to hope for and a second chance. How many people ever get something like that?
@joel8583 5 жыл бұрын
Damn onions!
@joel8583 5 жыл бұрын
I can relate to that. But of course, the movie needless to say always has the same ending.
@davidlamotta1994 3 жыл бұрын
@Bill Patrick Jones There was no happy ending for these two. Ratso Rizzo died and Joe Buck probably died of exposure and disease months later. Am I right?
@MaceMn 11 жыл бұрын
The film won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay; it is the only X-rated film to win an Oscar in any category, and one of two X-rated films to be nominated for an Oscar (the other being Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange).
@daleandrews367 7 жыл бұрын
You beat me to it...I was gonna' make a reply about it being the first X-rated film to win an Oscar.BTW, does anyone have any idea what was wrong with Ratso? Rico, I mean?Maybe something like double pneumonia? Possibly terminal tuberculosis??He obviously could have been saved had he gone to a doctor like Joe Buck wanted him to, WHEN he TOLD him to go! By the time of the bus trip it was probably too late.Anyone's guess at the illness?
@slyslaughter5115 7 жыл бұрын
tuberculosis
@jimsstuff2201 5 жыл бұрын
I actually can't remember the specifics of the first time I saw the movie. But the second time I saw it was at a drive-in with a girl in the summer of 1970. I was 19. I told her that the movie was basically about two bums trying to get by in New York and that at the end of the movie when one of the bums died, it was so touching, she would cry.
@paulofarrell6498 5 жыл бұрын
That was a nice spoiler for her.
@alwaysoutnumbered 4 жыл бұрын
Put so nicely 😂
@legend9948 3 жыл бұрын
I hope you have more incite now
@Kuningaz93 2 жыл бұрын
And then she made the bald man cry right?
@adriennerobinson1180 2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow
@marty6597 7 жыл бұрын
The ending always brings tears to my eyes. The music does not even help
@desireec.crooks78 5 жыл бұрын
That sad lonely song has me bawling EVERY SINGLE TIME! I loved Ratzo....
@slyslaughter5115 7 жыл бұрын
What a film. It Never loses its effect on me. The look on Voight's face at 7:52. Damn.
@EphemeralProductions 3 ай бұрын
It’s a look I know well. He’s trying to keep from cryin because he’s a man and in public. But you can tell he’s just barely keeping it in.
@slyslaughter5115 3 ай бұрын
@@EphemeralProductions True
@twilightblue8566 2 жыл бұрын
Dustin Hoffman was robbed of an Oscar because of the sentimental favorite John Wayne, but he owned that role. At least Rizzo got to Florida before he succumbed, and Buck seemed happier finally shedding the cowboy gear. I figure he got a basic, menial job in Miami and survived somehow after that.
@Ranger4402 14 жыл бұрын
That scene still gets me no matter how many times I see it. It's one of the best endings in film ever.
@cos2mer2 3 жыл бұрын
2021 here... Forty five years since I saw this movie... made me cry exactly like the first time. Only more for what we’ve lost in our souls since then. RIP America🥲
@David-vt3hn Жыл бұрын
Agree with you. Sure it was bad back then. Now we got 40% of our own Americans living in STARK POVERTY! Name ONE thing that's gotten better in ten years!
@rasmuzgrahn7394 6 жыл бұрын
Seinfeld Kramer and Jerry
@terenceflanagan1225 3 ай бұрын
I'm glad I watched this movie finally. It's good. Its about life . People focus on sensationalism but its about freindship
@cornpop442 3 жыл бұрын
Joe putting his arm around Ratso. So many emotions. protecting his friend from the onslaught of stares,
@TheOmega771 12 жыл бұрын
I shedded a tear when i saw this and im 14. this movie was amazing and my grandpa decided to give it to me. this is his n mine favorite movie
@sohooded 11 жыл бұрын
Two very great actors...
@peterc9153 4 жыл бұрын
The movie conveys the full sadness of this moment that is beautifully portrayed in the original book. A person who has never known true companionship and the dependency of another human being, provided by the physically fragile and vulnerable character of Ricco. Now gone. The book is a must read. The movie a must see.
@NoelBorgesdeCarvalho 11 жыл бұрын
The most brilliant sequence of the movie. Jon Voight's expression is remarkable and Dustin Hoffman, as always, displays his uniqueness.
@photo161 6 жыл бұрын
First time I have seen this in decades...still as bitterly heartbreaking as it was first run...great film-making...I won't be watching it again...
@bethelshiloh Жыл бұрын
I must’ve been 20 when I saw it. It was too raw for me then and still is.
@theo9952 Жыл бұрын
Same here. Nevertheless, it is one of the most memorable movies I have ever seen.
@Tiberius291 6 жыл бұрын
Great musical score for a great movie.
@racketman2u 7 жыл бұрын
unforgettable movie, made more so by John Barry's haunting theme tune.
@movieman12r 13 жыл бұрын
"that's funny?...I'm fallin' apart here"
@josemanuelruizfernandez7481 2 жыл бұрын
I saw this movie almost fourty years ago, but this final scene is still moving to me.
@bancombe1 7 жыл бұрын
It's a heartbreak...................a beautiful heartbreak
@sporty1701 6 жыл бұрын
The saddest ending in movie history...period.
@Luckiestof13 5 жыл бұрын
Clearly someone hasn't seen My Dog Skip.
@tylsimys67 4 жыл бұрын
On The Beach and Amadeus comes close. Also Don't Look Now, The Wicker Man and Fail-Safe in all their shockingness...
@roydamanna 4 жыл бұрын
@@tylsimys67 The elephant man. Lilya 4-ever. Christiane F. Those are most sad for me. ( probably forget about a few)
@rabbi173 3 жыл бұрын
@@tylsimys67 Ole Yeller
@temsedgwick9494 3 жыл бұрын
The Road. Hauntingly sad.
@TheTonyfromconey 12 жыл бұрын
One of the saddest scenes I have seen in movies. It is not mawkish or over sentimental; realistic as evidenced by the lady applying make-up. As if to say "life goes on." Pure brilliance!
@ladybowens6378 Жыл бұрын
I was about 7 when my mom took me to see this this was so sad to me. Go through all that they went through together and he didn’t get to see the promise land.😔
@ferark 11 жыл бұрын
Already booked this brilliant peice of music for my funeral....
@nobodyaskedbut 2 жыл бұрын
Greatest double lead performances of all-time. They also had to share the lead with the 3rd uncredited star which was New York City. A near perfect film in that virtually all the aspects of it were top notch.
@BumbleBeeOnTheBeach 4 жыл бұрын
I was 15 as I saw it by accident. I'm 46 now. This movie has been haunted me all my lifetime and I bet it will till the end, I mean my end.
@tobeetwo 12 жыл бұрын
Saw this as a kid when it came out, has so much more impact on me now. One of the saddest endings I've experienced.....great film!
@anyviolet 3 жыл бұрын
just realized this isn't the only Dustin Hoffman film to end with two characters and a lingering camera shot in the back of a bus.
@andreatuckman1084 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, The Graduate. Another great film of Hoffman’s.
@danielschwartz1228 4 жыл бұрын
What do you say about a movie like this? What can you say? I've always been a fan of movies that show simple human drama. The relationship between two people. No violence, no cursing, nothing like that. Just emotional effect that people have on each other. This film epitomizes that.
@eleo_b 4 жыл бұрын
Wow, daughter Shiloh of Brad and angelina looks a lot like her/his grandfather!
@mwilliamshs Ай бұрын
Daughter + his? Grow up.
@oliversweeney9586 2 жыл бұрын
A masterclass of acting from Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight. Although very sad at the end, at least they were together. Very powerful and thought provoking film about attitudes, class. Still very resonant.
@skreety0455 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely Dustin Hoffman's greatest film! What an achievement! And director John Schlesinger broke through glass ceilings into space with this movie! And grabbed the Oscar with Oscar's first X - RATING.
@weirdfkit 2 жыл бұрын
I'm not a big fan of old movies. But this movie is something special for me and the ending really touched my heart. Wish Hollywood made more masterpieces like these with both these living great legendary actors Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman...
@makaveli1871 4 жыл бұрын
They don’t make movies like this anymore...too bad Makes you feel something deep in your soul....
@adriennerobinson1180 2 жыл бұрын
Truth Indeed
@basking_in_it Жыл бұрын
My parents took me with them (I'm assuming they couldn't get a baby-sitter) when they went to see this at the drive-in when it came out. I was probably 5 years old. I didn't understand much of it, of course, but I remember crying my eyes out at the end.
@mthivier Жыл бұрын
I'm just realizing as I watched this that final scene of Hoffman's previous film, "the Graduate", also took place in the back seat of a bus.
@marquesdesadedonathien8656 2 жыл бұрын
Esta escena es desgarradora y muy muy triste, el rostro de Jon Voight cuando Ratso ya ha muerto nunca podré olvidarlo. Es el rostro de la desolación total. El rostro más triste del mundo. ¡¡Magnífica actuación!!
@Sameoldfitup 3 жыл бұрын
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams...............
@gf4353 3 жыл бұрын
Each man lives in his own quiet desperation. !!!!!
@Sameoldfitup 3 жыл бұрын
@@gf4353 very true
@weskitten 5 ай бұрын
Rizzo's insistence on the use of his full name is a desire for final dignity, in my opinion. He wets himself and he the condition is abject and they can still have a laugh. "I'm falling apart here" is like when he says "i'm walkin' here!" to the cab driver.
@timjansen7694 6 жыл бұрын
I've tried to figure what are the most moving endings to films in the history of cinema. This has to be in the top 10. There's the ending to West Side Story, Saving Private Ryan and one of the best that is seldom recognized is the final scene to City Lights, a 1931 Chaplin movie.
@AttRandyReynolds 5 жыл бұрын
Most people are unaware of the ending of City Lights. It's old, silent and a black & white movie. But film buffs know of it.
@jackspringheel8362 5 жыл бұрын
Walkabout, Mouchette, The family way. Monte Walsh had an upbeat ending but there was a lot of sadness along the way.
@theemeraldpalace9080 5 жыл бұрын
The ending of City Lights....great choice!
@peternemeth1777 4 жыл бұрын
I was very sad at peter jac ksons king kongs death scene and the death of jesus on jesus christ superstar the movie from 1973 was very sad and the ending of pans labyrinth ophelias death and maximus death in gladiator. Those come to my mind.
@chella3776 4 жыл бұрын
Tim Jansen Brian’s Song !
@Daud76 4 жыл бұрын
The way my heart dropped to see him throw away those nice cowboy boots and awesome leather jacket.... 🥺
@jameswalton3930 2 жыл бұрын
The best thing that could happen to him, a rebirth.
@Daud76 2 жыл бұрын
@@jameswalton3930 The Midnight Cowboy becomes the Midday Delightful. 😄
@aggiemanalac9636 4 жыл бұрын
Incredibly sad ending. I hated it because it hurts to watch it, but it was so beautiful I kept playing it back over and over again. John Voight's facial expression told the whole story.