This is not a documentary about the making of Midnight Cowboy. It is about a humane and groundbreaking masterpiece and the flawed but gifted people who made it. It is about a troubled era of cultural ferment, social and political change, about broken dreams and strivers, then and now. It is about an era that made a movie and a movie that made an era.
Nancy Buirski
Susan Margolin
Simon Kilmurry
Nancy Buirski
Nancy Buirski
Rex Miller
Bob Balaban
Self
Ian Buruma
Self
Michael Childers
Self
Brian De Palma
Self
James Hoberman
Self
Adam Holender
Self
Charles Kaiser
Self
Jennifer Salt
Self
Lucy Sante
Self
Brenda Vaccaro
Self
Jon Voight
Self
Edmund White
Self
Brent Marchant
It’s unfortunate when a filmmaker sets out to pay tribute to a cinematic classic yet somehow manages to mangle the effort, but, regrettably, that’s precisely what happened in writer-director Nancy Buirski’s attempted homage to John Schlesinger’s “Midnight Cowboy” (1969), the only X-rated release eve...
Desperate Souls Trailer
Trailer • YouTube
Augusta Films