Let's catch this double-feature at the New Beverly:
## MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Daring. Provocative. Shocking. Compelling. “Midnight Cowboy is still heartbreaking – and timeless” (The New York Observer. This Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay also boasts Oscar-nominated performances by Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, neither of whom have “ever been better on screen than they are here” (Chicago Tribune)! When Joe Buck (Voight), a good-looking, naively charming Texas “cowboy” makes his way to the Big Apple to seek his fortune, the only wealth he finds is in the friendship of Ratso Rizzo (Hoffman), a scrounging, sleazy, small-time con man with big dreams. Living on the tattered fringe of society, these two outcasts develop an unlikely bond – one that transcends their broken dreams and get-rich-quick schemes and makes Midnight Cowboy “that rarest of things: [a film] every bit as moving now as it was when it was [first] released” (Premiere Magazine). (MGM)
DIRECTOR John Schlesinger
WRITER Screenplay by Waldo Salt based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy
STARRING Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Ruth White, Syvlia Miles, Barnard Hughes
YEAR 1969
COUNTRY USA
FORMAT 35mm
RUNNING TIME 113 minutes
## MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
Gus Van Sant’s poetic 1991 road movie is truly affecting, traveling a sad, lonely and visually stunning path that beautifully evokes a state of drifting need and passionate longing. River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves star as young hustlers: Mike Waters, a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother that abandoned him, and Scott Favor, the wayward son of a rich family and the object of Mike’s desire. Navigating a volatile world of junkies, thieves and johns, they take a dreamy quest from the grungy streets to the open highways in search of home. But, don’t fear, it’s not all a total downer; Udo Kier even sings and dances with a lamp. A pioneering American work filled with stylized flair, surreal imagery, Shakespeare references and two seriously sexy leads exploring their abilities, My Own Private Idaho helped take New Queer Cinema mainstream, cemented River Phoenix’s legacy and still leaves an impact on anyone who watches it.
DIRECTOR Gus Van Sant
WRITER Gus Van Sant
STARRING River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey, Michael Parker, Flea, Chiara Caselli, Udo Kier
YEAR 1991
RATED R
COUNTRY USA
FORMAT 35mm
RUNNING TIME 104 minutes
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