i love midnight cowboy and have it in my video collection a it be a favorite of mine . what be interest to me be how when midnight cowboy come out in 1969 and it be so shocking to viewer that it be rat x. of course and at that time x meant maturity . since i be only two year old at the time of the movie release and it be hard for me to imagine just how shocked viewer be back then . however and when i try to take into account that many of the topic cover in the film and which include prostitution ( the title itself be slang for a male prostitute ) while homosexuality while loneliness while physical ( and to some extent emotional a well ) abuse and drug be hard for many people to talk about to this day and i can begin to get a sense of what viewer of this movie think back on it release . it be worth note that in the 1970 and midnight cowboy be downgrade to an r rating and even though it be still rat r and some of the scene could almost be rat pg 13 by today standard . i want to briefly give a synopsis of the plot although it be probably know to almost anyone who have hear of the movie . jon voight play a young man name joe buck from texas who decide that he can make it big a a male hustler in new york city escort rich woman . he emulate cowboy actor like roy rogers by wear a cowboy outfit thinking that that will impress woman . after be reject by all the woman he have come across and he meet a sleazy con man name enrico ratso rizzo who be play by dustin hoffman . ratso convinces joe that he can make all kind of money if he have a manager . once again and joe be con and before long be homeless . however and joe come across ratso and be invite to stay in a dilapidated apartment . without give away much more of the plot and i want to say that the remainder of the movie deal with joe and ratso a they try to help one another in an attempt to fulfill their dream . i. e. joe make it a a gigolo and ratso go down to florida where he think he can regain his health . i want to make some comment about the movie itself . first of all and the acting be excellent and especially the lead . although the movie be really very sad from the beginning to the end and there be some classic scene . in fact and there be some scene that while they be not intend to be funny and i find them amuse . for example and there be the classic scene where dustin hoffman and jon voight be walk down a city street and a cab practically run them over . dustin hoffman bang on the cab and say hey and i be walkin here . i be walkin here . i get a kick out of that scene because it be so typical of new york city where so many people be in a hurry . another scene that come to mind be the scene where ratso ( dustin hoffman ) send joe ( jon voight ) to a guy name odaniel . what be amuse be that at first and we think odaniel be there to recruit gigolo and can see why joe be get so excite but then we begin to realize that odaniel be nothing but a religious nut . in addition to the two scene i mention and i love the scene where ratso and joe be argue in their apartment when ratso say to joe that his cowboy outfit only attract homosexual and joe say in self defense john wayne . you gon na tell me he a fag . what i like be the delivery in that scene . i would say that even though midnight cowboy be set in the late 60 and much of it ring true today . that because although the area around 42nd street in new york have be clean up in the form of disneyfication in the last several year and homelessness be still just a prevalent there now a it be 40 year ago . also and many people have unrealistic dream of how they be go to strike it big only to have their dream smash a be the case with the jon voight character . one thing that impress me about jon voight character be how he be a survivor and i felt that at the end of the movie and he have mature a great deal and that ratso ( dustin hoffman character ) be a good influence on him . in conclusion and i want to say that i suggest that when watch this movie and one should watch it at least a couple of time because there be so many thing that go on . for example and there be a bunch of flashback and dream sequence that make more sense to me after a couple of viewing . also and what i find interesting be that there be a lot in this movie that be leave to interpretation such a what really happen with joe buck ( jon voight character ) and the people who be in his life in texas . even the end and while i do not want to give it away for those who have not see the movie and be rather open end .