Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy VHS cover. Movie starring Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight. With Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Sylvia Miles, Ruth White, Barnard Hughes. Directed by John Schlesinger. 1969.

Midnight Cowboy on VHS. Movie starring Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight. With Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Sylvia Miles, Ruth White, Barnard Hughes. Directed by John Schlesinger. 1969.

From the VHS cover:

Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition

Twenty-five years after its original release, “Midnight Cowboy is still heartbreaking — and timeless” (The New York Observer). This deluxe collector’s edition includes a newly remastered print, Dolby surround stereophonic sound, a special documentary featuring screen tests and interviews with the cast and creative team, and the theatrical trailers form both 1969 and 1994.

Tough, potent and shocking, the film depicts the tragedy of urban American street life through the experiences of naive “cowboy” Joe Buck (Jon Voight) and sleazy con man Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman). Arriving in New York with dreams of becoming a gigolo, Buck is unprepared for encounters with people like Rizzo. But as Buck’s dream gradually evolves into a nightmare, the two men develop a poignant and powerful bond.

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Charly

Charly VHS cover. Movie starring Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom. With Lilia Skala, Leon Janney, Ruth White, Dick Van Patten. Based on the book Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Directed by Ralph Nelson. 1968.

Charly on VHS. Starring Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom. With Lilia Skala, Leon Janney, Ruth White, Dick Van Patten. Based on the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Directed by Ralph Nelson. 1968.

The VHS cover says:

Based on Daniel Keyes’ Flowers for Algernon, this is the story of Charly Gordon, a gentle man determined to learn. When a breakthrough neuro-surgical procedure is discovered, Charly agrees to try it, unaware that he will also encounter complex emotions for the first time in his life. Charting Charly’s development is his devoted caseworker who soon discovers along with Charly that the surgery’s effects may not last forever.

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