Advantages: For lovers of the film, the period or the music of John Barry. Disadvantages: A bit too easy listening for some
Midnight Cowboy was director John Schlesinger's 1969 classic Oscar winning masterpiece portraying the shattered optimism of the American dream starring Jon Vought (father of Angelina Jolie) as male-prostitute Joe Buck and Dustin Hoffman as his sleazy scheming friend Enrico 'Ratso' Rizzo. The film follows Texan Joe as he naively sets off for New York to earn his fortune as a hustler. Upon arrival he finds little success and things only get worse when ... ...small reproduction of the original Midnight Cowboy poster that acts as the cover of the album. There is so much historical background to this film and it would have been nice to have booklet telling some of the stories behind the songs and the movie. Nevertheless, this is still a CD to be highly recommended for admirers of the movie, the period or the music of John Barry.
Track Listing:
1. Everybody's Talkin' Harry Nilsson
2. Joe Buck Rides Again ...
Zmugzy 10.09.2008 (10.02.2009)
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