Midnight Cowboy (1969)
An amiable country boy heads to New York, aiming to make his
fortune as a gigolo, but instead spends the winter befriending a
con man, who hasn't long to live.
John Barry's score and Harry Nilsson's songs have enjoyed a
successful afterlife that occasionally threatens to eclipse this
tender, funny, and ultimately noble film, but the performances of
the two leads, and Schlesinger's Oscar and BAFTA winning
direction, give it a compassionate humanity rarely seen.
The harmonica theme tune is so haunting you'll feel like taking
your chances as a male tart on the streets of Manhattan.
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