My mom is an extra in this film. She was a waitress in the donut shop scene. She’s 85 now and I am very proud that she played even a small part in such an iconic film.

My parent's preacher got up in church and declared "It is a sin to see this movie" So, my parents went on a Tuesday night late show because they didn't want anyone from church to see them. They said half the church was there and NOBODY SPOKE TO EACH OTHER WHEN IT ENDED! EVERYONE JUST PUT THEIR HEADS DOWN IN SHAME! HILARIOUS!

“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..

Harry Nillson's version of "Everybody's Talking" was just perfect for this movie

One of my all time favorite movies. Voight and Hoffman were brilliant in their roles, this great movie holds up 50yrs later.

A film I’ve seen over 20 times since the early ‘80s. A superlative film on every possible level. Humour, pathos, protective camaraderie, tenderness, gritty realism, unfulfilled nirvana

the eerie sound of Toots Thielemans' harmonica is the spirit of the movie.

I first discovered Midnight Cowboy in 1994 when I was 18. My stepdad rented it and I was blown away by it. At that time in ways I somewhat identified with Joe Buck because I was from a small town in Texas and had just moved to the city of Austin. While Austin is no New York city, it definitely has it's downtown weirdo characters and a urban culture that's contrast to small Texas towns. Anyway, there is so much about this movie that is so emotional/touching. Joe's flashbacks of crazy Annie and his grandma while on the bus leaving his life in Texas behind are some of the most cinematic, poignant and moving scenes I've ever experienced in films. And even though I wasn't alive in the late 60s it gives a real sense of nostalgia of the old America. It's a very sad, yet beautiful movie masterpiece and in my top 5 all time favorite movies.

oh , and the amazing soundtrack ,

As I grow older, one one of my favorite things to do is to take a Saturday to etch out 2 hours to watch classic movies that came out a few years before (in the case of this) or after I was born. Miss the days when there were no cell phone; the grimy nature of some restaurants, the day we engaged each other. This movie was so good - Jon and Dustin both killed the movie. Their chemistry was through the roof.

New York chewed me up and spat me out. I can relate to this movie.

Dustin's right, they just dont make movies like this anymore! Amen.

One of the all time great movies.

A haunting musical score sets the stage for this film.

My all time favourite movie...God bless Toots Thielmans...

Everybody who knows me, knows Midnight Cowboy is my all time, forever, favorite movie. The acting was impeccably Brilliant.

Remains a masterpiece.

It was a bitterly cold, snowy night in late 1969/early 1970 that a good friend and I went to the old Uptown theatre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to watch this great movie . I had a 1961 black Ford Fairlane 500 car that my mother allowed me to drive ( I was only 19-years-old). We watched the movie, and I drove Brian home that night. I was so depressed that I couldn't get over that feeling for years after. The movie helped me grow up and fast. Finally met a great guy who treated me right. We had 30 years together.

The way that John Voight captured Joe Buck's naïveté is stunning. The dialog in this film, the story, the acting, the music, the cinematography, the wardrobe, sets... I have seen this film probably a dozen times or even more. I never get tired of watching this movie. BRILLIANT

This is without a doubt one of the best movies ever! A masterpiece of New Hollywood!

The movies of my generation, so lucky to have witnessed the last eras of truly great movie making.

"The grace of the film was in the vision of human compassion." No other film better represents the human condition in our lifetime. No man is an island, yet here we are.

Great acting, great script, great score, great direction, great production, one of the best ever!

Hoffman correctly sums it up at the end. Films and the audience are not sophisticated today. Art is no longer being produced. Midnight Cowboy was a brilliant work of art and the sort of people who made it do not exist today. We only have the past if we want to see art in film. Thank God for TCM and KZfaq. Without them, we would be living in a cultural desert devoid of film art.

The movie was an incredible work of art.

Greatest film of all time .

The free, improvisational nature of the 60's lives forever in this, my favorite film.

Enjoying all the comments immensely. I saw the film when I was very young, when it was first released in the UK (just a short time after it's premiere). What astounds me now, so many years later, is that I understood the entire film at 12 or 13 years old. Of course I was blown away by the acting and cinematography, and moved to tears by the storyline. I think the Joe Buck character made it more accessible to me, as though he invited me to see the events through his naive eyes. I saw some truly epoch-making films within a short space of time then (Easy Rider, 2001 A space Odyssey...) it coloured my whole world-view. Nothing since has had such a profound impact on me. Jon Voight's and Dustin Hoffman's performance together was simply outstanding.

I'm 61 yrs old and I watch this movie back in the early 80s .what a incredible movie

I was born in 1966. I grew up watching many movies because that is what my parents watched - and there was ONE tv. When iI was younger, wasnt much of a Hoffman or Voight fan until I saw The Graduate, and Midnight Cowboy and of course Deliverance. The great actors who create this artistic films are almost days gone by.

Top 5 american movie of all time , it captured humanity at it's worst and at it's best , Living in Miami in 1969, looking back at the Florida scenes , recognizing the streets and buildings that I had walked myself , from Hollywood to Haulover Beach , to Miami's Broad causeway leading to Miami Beach , passing by the great hotels , I feel like I witnessed it myself

An American Art standards . The talents in those days. The creativeness and storytelling. One of my favorites 😊

Such a fantastic film. Great filmmaking on so many levels.

I was born the year before release. All my life I heard about the brilliance of this movie. 12 years ago I rented the DVD and was blown away. Couldn't stop listening to the sound track, even today.

Wonderful account of all the talent and hard work that goes into making a great movie.

An X-rated film about the trials and tribulations about a couple of sordid, sleazy down and outs getting out fought in the big bad world. Pure genius film-making all round to make it compelling, engaging, respectful and beautiful. One of a kind and of my favourites.

I have this movie on dvd. It’s fantastic.

All of a sudden its 50 years later. I remember seeing the film in a theater in NYC where I grew up around 1971. It was one of those few films that left me unable to move throughout the ending credits. Genius at work on every level.

This was a well-made movie, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight worked well together. The film was brilliantly produced.

The soundtrack is so bitter sweet . It fits the movie . Perfectly john. Goldfinger Barry .

One of my favourites. Coming from a small town and going into the Navy, I had my Joe Buck moments when I walked around downtown Chicago for the first time.

A Great Film Indeed. Dustin Hoffman was brilliant in it!

One of my favorites of all time.

This movie touched my soul ! Named my Italian greyhound Rico ! that’s how great Dustin Hoffman’s performance was to me !

Please bring back more great movies.

A depth of talent, conviction and artistry The result - A wonderful movie like no other -

This is my all time favourite film. I’ve seen it dozens of times, that’s how much I love it. Such superb performances.

An interesting fact about this film is that it's The first use of Karo corn syrup based blood in a motion picture. It was used for the scene where he hits the guy and his dentures fall out. It was then used for EVERY movie from then on, until today because the blood made for technicolor looked like red paint. This stuff tastes great, is non-toxic and looked exactly like real blood.

One of the greatest films ever made and one that still Sears the soul. When everything gelled, the screenplay, the acting, the direction, the music all coming together and creating a truely magical piece of cinema. I was sixteen when this first was released and it made a huge impact on my then younger self and through the years I’ve revisited and always find something new and still delights and moves me. Somehow in a perfect world always imagined that Ritzo never died and Joe Buck only discovers this years later on and it’s then it’s them in their eighties seeing and experiencing life again together in the new millennium. This marvellous documentary which I just didn’t want to end reflects to me that Hoffman & Voight are still connected to these characters and would happily return to these characters given the right script.

All time favorite movie the acting was superb. The theme was great , a true classic of all time.

I was a young guy once, it's a trip getting old, I love it. 😊🙏

I just loved that movie. I remember the year 1969 quite clearly. The movie perfectly captured that year with its street scenes and the whole energy of that time being in New York city. Dustin Hoffman did such an incredible acting job portraying a disabled, sickly man who never had a chance at living even close to a normal life. The way he showed his character slowly getting sicker and sicker and finally dying was incredible to watch. What a great actor and what a fantastic movie! Like the people in the comments section, they certainly don't make great movies like this anymore. An incredible movie about real people with real problems, just struggling to survive. It well deserved the Academy award it won for Best Picture!

One of my favourite films,of all time.I only watch it every couple of years.Its a treat!!

One of the Best films ever made.

I had seen this movie when I was about 19. Years later I come across it on television. It's about halfway through the film. My husband comes in and starts watching it. He has no clue what's going on, but he was captivated. They just don't make movies like this anymore.

Utterly depressing movie but brilliant in its realism, anyone who has visited NY has had a Joe Buck moment. New York can feel so lonely despite the lights and glamour. I will never forget visiting New York walking near Bleeker street late after a gig 20 years ago and finding a young woman in her 30's crying hysterical, she had just been evicted and was crying uncontrollably, I couldn’t get a word in, and what made it worse for her she said she had just had her period and had no change or sanitary towels, an older woman who was not homeless came and joined to help, the young woman said sobbing loudly "people keep walking by and ignoring me, I don’t want people to think I’m a nobody”, I gave the young girl $20 and walked away, I felt like Joe Buck, I arrived in NY as naive as him and reality hit me right there, New York is not cosy like a Friends episode. This is before social media, her desperate panic reverberates with me to this day and I often think of what might have happened to her. This film shows that New York can be as barren and deadly as a desert, it’s cold and heartless, it's a machine. I still love it. Crazy that they moved the entire contents and rebuilt the condemned grimy apartment, someone actually lived in that, can you imagine the real Ratzo Rizzo seeing his "Crib" on the big screen before "Cribs" even existed. Wonderful music by John Barry, you can really hear the similarity with "You Only Live Twice" which came out around the same period.

What a wonderful thought provoking doc here. I am floored by all i learned from it. Thank you to all who shared their thoughts and memories in the making of this great work Midnight Cowboy.

This movie so touched my soul at the time that I remember truly weeping at its opening moments when it first came on tv, feeling it a sacrilege with the upcoming commercials and edits. Edit: And when John Wayne won Best Actor for True Grit rather than Dustin Hoffman (or Jon Voight - they were both nominated and thus many felt split the vote) at that moment I experienced it as a lesson about the injustices of the world.

Best cinematography of any film I think I've ever seen.

There are certain movies that are just iconic in that you can never tire of watching them just like certain songs you cant get sick of. Movies like MC and jaws or exorcist or Forrest gump pulp fiction full metal jacket ect ect. There really arent many movies that can be labeled iconic and this is one of the few.

So many brilliant films/music in 69. Half a century has passed so quickly.

Midnight Cowboy: The epitome of filmmaking.

Surprised when I read reviews and articles about this movie that no one mentions the implied sexual abuse of Jon Voight’s character at the hands of his grandmother. So many people become nymphs or abusers because they were abused themselves. It’s symbolic when he writes another postcard and rips it up throwing it out of the window and him throwing his cowboy clothes away in Florida. He’s leaving his old life behind and trying to forget the pain. Yet every time, he just winds up alone again.

I'm 62 and i always knew of this film but never gave it a chance until for some reason i watched it for the first time a year ago and i really enjoyed it and i will watch it again.

The most riveting film ever and I was 14 !... nothing has come close to it since. It made a BIG impression.

Everytime i watch midnight cowboy (seen it at least 20 times) i think about it for almost a week afterward, & pick up new things each time. that`s the mark of a great film!

Just discovered this film. Not what I expected which made it so good. Fantastic film!

Listening to all of this? Time well spent. This is a masterpiece. Real ear candy.

Brilliant, Genius in every way, made me cry again

That ‘gob iron’! Haunted me since I first watched this film all those years ago. One of my top three best movies ever! Ever! Just fantastic. Thanks.

A Great Movie, Soundtrack and Two Young Actors playing Characters of lifetime! Fantastic writing, editing and casting! I was 13 when Midnight Cowboy hit the theaters rated X! But my Mom saw it and there was nothing dirty about it! But it was a great movie with a sad tragic ending! Saw it much later and thought it was a Great Movie but also the sad ending! Like my Mom, hers had a sad ending too! Have on DVD but my favorite way! Is on VHS like watching it again on film at the theater! Really enjoyed the interview and listening to Dustin & John and the whole crew!

Both John Voight and Dustin Hoffman were nominated for best actor Oscar for "Midnight Cowboy"...John Wayne won for "True Grit"!

Masterpiece, my all time favourite movie.

You know its a special film when you remember when and where you were when you first saw it..and the need to tell everyone within yelling distance to see it..as I did..I felt vindicated when a good friend said he watched it and loved every moment..

Great overview of the filming production. ... Plus, Midnight Cowboy and Deliverance, two Voight movies, that'll never see a reboot/remake. ... Could you imagine Hollywood releasing Midnight Cowboy 2. ... Where Voight is a retired restaurant owner living in South Beach with Brenda Vaccaro and their little dog Ratso who speaks to Jon in the voice of Dustin Hoffman. ...

I arrived in NYC the year "Mid-night Cowboy" was released... It's an accurate depiction. For many years I lived just 2 blocks West of 44th street. It was called the deuce (42st and 8th ave) and I passed through enough times to see the dramas of the people who lived there. They were characters that one reads in modern fiction. There were all kinds people. There were thieves, junkies, prostitutes, struggling artists, writers and actors. They would be working as waiters, ticket takers, taxi cab drivers and a myriad of temporary jobs. Then one day it ended. I left just as the Marriott Marquis was going up. Recently I paid Times Square a return visit. A friend wanted to see the sights. Today Times Square is a walking mall. It is like being inside of a full color animated magazine spread. Like People or US magazine. Traces of human life have been blotted out by M+Ms, Starbucks, Citibank Coca Cola and McDonald's. I left feeling both dazzled and depressed and insignificant. This is not the future... It is the present..

My goodness, Voight and Hoffman were in the most iconic role of their lives and they both had quite a few others !

One of the few movies that has stuck in my mind for decades and always appreciate rewatching at least in part or in small clips. A testimony to its era, I was born in 1969 and I can pretty much relate to it in chronological terms. Great cinema is gone though, I guess. Greetings from Argentina.

Jon conveys a lot of empathy/feeling/ emotion, with eyes ...very expressive eyes 👀

I miss the NYC of that era....dirty,dangerous,sleazy but infinitely cool and fascinating

the word 'classic' just doesn't cut it for this movie. Midnight Cowboy is a game-changer. Movies changed after this masterpiece landed in theaters. The only down side was that Hoffman and Voight didn't share the "Best Actor" Oscar that year.

Both of the central characters went through a Lot in their lives,! they both struggled through hard, squalid conditions.. In many ways, it showed that the " American Dream" does not come to pass for Everyone... In the end, they were left with little, despite their best efforts. Buck thought NYC would be the " golden palace" a place to strike it rich and live great. What he Saw was something Different than what he Imagined! A great and deeply moving film!

This movie made me understand what love truly is.

Rarely a movie gets away with depicting real-life drama and in this case, it does do so easily that art and life crash into each other here on the set. What Dustin says about story line being too simplistic and linear in today's movies is so true. The party scene reminds me of a night in the limelight I once had with a girlfriend of mine so long ago.

Wonderful documentary. Thank you.

Most excellent, thank you! Superb background. Enriching.

MC is easily among the top ten movies.

I was 15 years old at an exceedingly sensitive moment in my life when a close friend invited me to share MC with her and some friends. I fell madly in love with her friend, Mitzi, a love that stayed with me for decades after she broke my heart.

Superb background. Enriching, respectful, commentary. Highly recommend.

Thanks for uploading this classic movie

Surprised that nothing was said of the movie's soundtrack. Despite the superb acting and production, in my view the haunting soundtrack, which conveys so much about the predicament of the two characters would have had far less impact. Maybe it's just me, but when Midnight Cowboy is mentioned, my first response is to think of the music.

I loved this.

Hoffmans last statement is soo true..

This film about the movie is as great as the movie itself. So revealing. Brillitan!

This is very good stuff, thx!

best soundtrack of all time hands-down

one of my alltime fave movies....gosh it had ev thing.....brilliant !!!!

Great documentary thx

Great watch it many times

35 year s and still make me crié greats actors