Midnight Cowboy Blu-ray

Runtime: 113 min

Director: John Schlesinger

Cast: Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro

Studios: Florin Productions, Jerome Hellman Productions, United Artists

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

Special Features:

New 4K digital restoration

Approved by cinematographer Adam Holender, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.

Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack and Audio commentary

From 1991 featuring director John Schlesinger and producer Jerome Hellman.

New video essay

With commentary by Holender.

New photo gallery

With commentary by photographer Michael Childers.

The Crowd Around the Cowboy

A 1969 short film made on location for Midnight Cowboy.

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter’s Journey

An Academy Award-nominated documentary from 1990 by Eugene Corr and Robert Hillmann.

Two short documentaries from 2004

On the making and release of Midnight Cowboy.

Interview with actor Jon Voight

On The David Frost Show from 1970.

Voight’s original screen test

Interview from 2000 with Schlesinger for BAFTA Los Angeles.

Excerpts

From the 2002 BAFTA Los Angeles tribute to Schlesinger.

Trailer

PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Harris

Technical Specifications:

• DTS-HD Master Audio
• 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio
• Mono