Midnight Cowboy (Criterion Collection) (DVD)

The first gay-themed Best Picture Academy Award-winner-and the first to be initially rated "X"-director John Schlesinger's gritty drama stars Jon Voight as Joe Buck, a Texas-born stud who heads to New York City with dreams of life as a high-paid hustler, and Dustin Hoffman as his newfound companion, sleazy street bum "Ratzo" Rizzo. Features the hit Nilsson song "Everybody's Talkin'." Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro co-star in this adaptation of James Leo Herlihy's novel. 113 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; bonus documentary "Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey" (1990); bonus short "The Crowd Around the Cowboy" (1969); featurettes; theatrical trailer. Two-disc set.

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Paul Benjamin, Paul Morrissey, Arlene Reeder, George Epperson, J.T. Masters, Jonathan Kramer, M. Emmet Walsh, Barnard Hughes, Ruth White, Jennifer Salt, Gil Rankin, Gary Owens, T. Tom Marlow, Al Scott, Linda Davis, Georgann Johnson, Anthony Holland, Bob Balaban, Arthur Anderson, Richard Clarke, Viva, Ultra Violet, Paul Jabara, Taylor Mead, Paul Jasmin, Joan Murphy

Director: Jerome Hellman, Kylie Ellis