Midnight Cowboy Articles

Now that Steve McQueen's Shame has received an NC-17 rating from the censors at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), some are concerned that the film's two leads, Michael Fassbender (right) and Carey Mulligan, may be penalized by the generally conservative membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Oscar history, however, shows otherwise. An X rating — the pre-1990 equivalent to [...]

Jacqueline Bisset, Michael Sarrazin, The Sweet Ride Michael Sarrazin, best known for his role as Jane Fonda's marathon-dancing partner in Sydney Pollack's 1969 drama They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, died of cancer earlier today at a Montreal hospital. Sarrazin was 70. Less well known is that Sarrazin was offered the role of Joe Buck in John Schlesinger's Oscar-winning Midnight Cowboy. Eventually, Jon Voight became a [...]

Syd Chaplin, The Better 'Ole Edmund Goulding's THE CONSTANT NYMPH: Packard Campus' August 2010 Highlight Packard Campus' August 2010 Schedule and Film Information (from the Campus' press release) Thursday, August 5 (7:30 p.m.) THANKS FOR THE MEMORY (Paramount, 1938) A struggling novelist living well beyond his means refuses the financial support of his wife. Comedy-drama with songs. Directed by George Archainbaud. With Bob Hope and [...]

The Constant Nymph, Edmund Goulding's hard-to-find 1943 romantic drama starring Charles Boyer and Joan Fontaine, is the highlight of the August 2010 screenings at the Library of Congress' Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper, Virg. [Full Schedule.] Joan Fontaine received her third and last Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role as a teenager in love with a musician (Boyer). Rights issues have kept The Constant [...]