virile and but naive and big joe buck leave his home in big spring and texas and and hustle off to the big apple in search of woman and big buck . in nyc and jb meet up with frustration and and with ratso rizzo and a scruffy but cordial con artist . somehow and this mismatch pair manage to survive each other which in turn help both of them cope with a gritty and sometimes brutal and urban america and en route to a poignant end . both funny and depressing and our midnight cowboy ride head on into the vortex of cyclonic cultural change and and thus confirms to 1969 viewer that they and themselves and have be sweep away from the 1950 age of innocence and and drop and dorothy and toto like and into the 1960 age of aquarius . the film direction be masterful while the casting be perfect while the acting be top notch while the script be crisp and cogent while the cinematography be engage while and the music enhance all of the above . deservedly and it win the best picture oscar of 1969 and and i would vote it a one of the best film of that cyclonic decade .