MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969) 4K restoration
Introduction by Paul Schlesinger, with a post-film discussion between Paul Schlesinger and Jon Canter.
Saturday 1st August 7pm
The first and only X-rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, John Schlesinger’s classic from 1969, and his first American film, stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in standout roles as a con man and a Texas hustler trying to survive on the tough streets of New York. Schlesinger won the Oscar for Best Director.
“MIDNIGHT COWBOY’S peep-show vision of Manhattan lowlife may no longer be shocking, but what is shocking is to see a major studio film linger this lovingly on characters who have nothing to offer the audience but their own lost souls.” – Owen Gleiberman
“Today, Midnight Cowboy provides a spellbinding glimpse—etched in acid—of how we lived then that bears comparison to the work of great documentary still photographers, such as Weegee, or to the lurid excesses of tabloid filmmakers, such as Sam Fuller, or to the hallucinatory sensibilities of a Fellini.” – Vanity Fair
Paul Schlesinger has produced and directed award winning series on both radio and television including the BAFTA winning Twenty Twelve starring Hugh Bonneville and Olivia Colman, W1A and People Like Us (RTS, Sony and British Comedy Awards), He was Head of BBC Radio Comedy. He has directed numerous plays and series for Radio 4 Drama and Comedy including most recently a two-part part dramatisation of the novel "Midnight Cowboy". He is proud to be a Trustee of Ink.
Jon Canter is a scriptwriter, novelist and playwright and a Trustee of Aldeburgh Cinema.
Screening as part of our John Schlesinger Centenary celebration.
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