• Director(s)

    John Schlesinger

  • Production Year

    1969

  • Release date

    12/08/2019

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    114m

  • Cast

    Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Barnard Hughes, Ruth White, Jennifer Salt, Gil Rankin, Gary Owens, T. Tom Marlow, George Eppersen, Bob Balaban

Film

Midnight Cowboy

sexual violence

MIDNIGHT COWBOY is a US drama from 1969, in which a Texan travels to New York to make money as a hustler.…

MIDNIGHT COWBOY is a US drama from 1969, in which a Texan travels to New York to make money as a hustler.

sexual violence and sexual threat
There are brief flashbacks to a young couple being gang-raped. These moments include nudity and implied penetration, with brief focus on the victims' distress.
additional issues
Scenes of strong sex include nudity, implied fellatio and thrusting, and there are references to prostitution. There is a scene of drug misuse in which a man unwittingly smokes marijuana and is offered pills. Strong language ('f**k') is infrequent, but there is occasional use of homophobic language ('faggot'). There is a brief scene of moderate violence.

  • Director(s)

    John Schlesinger

  • Production Year

    1969

  • Release date

    12/08/2019

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    114m

  • Cast

    Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Barnard Hughes, Ruth White, Jennifer Salt, Gil Rankin, Gary Owens, T. Tom Marlow, George Eppersen, Bob Balaban

sexual violence
Classified Date:
13/08/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are brief flashbacks to a young couple being gang-raped. These moments include nudity and implied penetration, with brief focus on the victims' distress.
additional issues
Scenes of strong sex include nudity, implied fellatio and thrusting, and there are references to prostitution. There is a scene of drug misuse in which a man unwittingly smokes marijuana and is offered pills. Strong language ('f**k') is infrequent, but there is occasional use of homophobic language ('faggot'). There is a brief scene of moderate violence.
Classified Date:
29/07/1969
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
United Artists Corp. Ltd
Contains strong language and prostitution theme
Classified Date:
03/05/2007
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
language
There is strong language ('f**k').
sex
There are scenes of strong sex and nudity which take place in the context of prostitution and transactional sex.
Contains strong language and prostitution theme
Classified Date:
10/05/2006
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Contains strong language and prostitution theme
Classified Date:
01/06/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) Ltd
Classified Date:
05/05/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
27/07/1988
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
29/08/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer
Classified Date:
10/04/2007
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
Theatrical trailers
Classified Date:
11/05/2006
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Paperwork Remarks:
PRE-STREET INTERNATIONAL TRAILER
Classified Date:
19/06/1998
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
02/12/1994
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
14/05/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony DADC Europe Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Audio commentary
Classified Date:
16/04/2007
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD additional material
Classified Date:
10/04/2007
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD additional material DVD audio commentary
Classified Date:
18/05/2006
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD Director's audio commentary
Classified Date:
04/03/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD audio commentary DVD audio commentary featuring producer Jerome Hellman

  • Classified date

    13/08/2019

  • BBFC reference

    BFF045206

  • Language

    English