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Midnight Cowboy (1969) Screenplay

"Midnight Cowboy": Read The Screenplay By Waldo Salt

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Selected as one of the greatest screenplays ever written.

Waldo Salt's "Midnight Cowboy" script is ranked 36th on WGA's list of the 101 Greatest Screenplays ever written (so far).

Selected as one of the greatest screenplays ever written.

Also, Salt won an Oscar in 1970 for his script (Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium).

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Convinced of his irresistible appeal to women, Texas dishwasher Joe Buck (Jon Voight) quits his job and heads for New York City, thinking he'll latch on to some rich dowager. New York, however, is not as hospitable as he imagined, and Joe soon finds himself living in an abandoned building with a Dickensian layabout named Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman). The two form a rough alliance, and together they kick-start Joe's hustling career just as Ratso's health begins to deteriorate. MGM-Amazon Studios

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Type ...
SCANNED
Version ... Final
Date ... 02.01.1968
Pages ... 119
Genre ... Drama
Screenplay ... Waldo Salt
IMDb ID ... 0064665

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