Desperate Souls, Dark City and The Legend of Midnight Cowboy

A half century after its release, Midnight Cowboy remains one of the most original and groundbreaking movies of the modern era. With beguiling performances from Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman as two loners who join forces out of desperation, blacklist survivor Waldo Salt’s brilliant screenplay, and John Schlesinger’s fearless direction, the 1969 film became the only X- rated film to ever win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Its vivid and compassionate depiction of a more realistic, unsanitized New York City and its inhabitants paved the way for a generation’s worth of gritty movies with complex characters and adult themes.

But this is not a documentary about the making of Midnight Cowboy: it is about the deeply gifted and flawed people behind a dark and difficult masterpiece; New York City in a troubled time of cultural ferment; and the era that made a movie and the movie that made an era. Featuring extensive archival material and compelling new interviews, director Nancy Buirski illuminates how one film captured the essence of a time and a place, reflecting a rapidly changing society with striking clarity.

Get a 2-film pass and see Desperate Souls, Dark City and The Legend of Midnight Cowboy AND Midnight Cowboy for a bargain price even Ratso would appreciate: $21! Passes are sold out online but a limited amount will be available at the box office starting July 28.

If you purchase a Midnight Cowpoke pass, this will be available for pick up at the box office, starting the first day of the run on July 28. You will only be able to redeem your tickets at the box office when presenting the pass.