Release Date: 2/21/2006 Original Release: 1969 Format: DVD Length: 113 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable) UPC: 027616135988 Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Dramas, Friends, Buddies, Classic, Gay/Lesbian, Prostitution, Scams And Cons, Illness, Recommended, Character Study, Disturbing, Lowlife, Big City, Theatrical Release, Essential Cinema
Description
Joe Buck (Jon Voight), an aspiring male prostitute from Texas, heads to Manhattan where he hopes to find plenty of wealthy women willing to pay for the services of a handsome man. When he arrives, the naive country boy befriends Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), a tubercular homeless con artist who dreams of moving to Florida. As they go about trying to get the money Ratso needs, the two men confront the seediness, corruption, and cruelty that flourish in the big city.
Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy, this Oscar-winning film (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay) features brilliant performances by Voight and Hoffman, and brings to the screen an unusually gritty realism in its portrayal of the streets of New York City.
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case Collectors Edition Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surrond - French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English Dolby Digital Mono - English Subtitles - English, French, Spanish Additional Release Material: Featurette: "Celebrating Schlesinger" Audio Commentary: Jerome Hellman - Producer Documentary: 1. "After Midnight: Reflecting on the Classic 35 Years Later" 2. "Controversy and Acclaim" Text/Photo Galleries:
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