MOVIE URBAN LEGEND: Dustin Hoffman improvised the famous “I’m walkin’ here” scene in Midnight Cowboy.The 1969 film Midnight Cowboy was a watershed moment in American cinematic history, being the first (and only) X-rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The success of the film, about a naïve male prostitute from Texas (the titular “Midnight Cowboy,” played by Jon Voight) and a hustler he met in New York City (played by Dustin Hoffman), helped to change the way Hollywood treats topics that would normally be seen as too noncommercial to be made into studio films (Midnight Cowboy made more than $40 million on a budget of roughly $3 million.) It arrived after the fall of the Hays Code, which ruthlessly censored notions of sex and nudity which are central to the movie’s story. On top of its merits as pure cinema, and its moving story about an unlikely friendship between two of New York’s most downtrodden residents, it’s a celebration of artistic freedom after decades of being harshly curtailed.Updated December 20, 2023 by Robert Vaux. The article has been updated to expand upon information already included, based on public comments from the filmmakers themselves as well as the original script. It also includes a few additional details on the film’s place in movie history, and why it’s so highly regarded over 50 years after it was made. No one can know for certain how the line came about, save those who were present when it was shot. Movie magic can sometimes take place spontaneously, when an actor or director seizes upon a moment of inspiration while the cameras are rolling. The question of whether Hoffman’s line was improvised will likely remain open. Here’s what the public knows for certain.
MOVIE URBAN LEGEND: Dustin Hoffman improvised the famous “I’m walkin’ here” scene in Midnight Cowboy.
The 1969 film Midnight Cowboy was a watershed moment in American cinematic history, being the first (and only) X-rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The success of the film, about a naïve male prostitute from Texas (the titular “Midnight Cowboy,” played by Jon Voight) and a hustler he met in New York City (played by Dustin Hoffman), helped to change the way Hollywood treats topics that would normally be seen as too noncommercial to be made into studio films (Midnight Cowboy made more than $40 million on a budget of roughly $3 million.) It arrived after the fall of the Hays Code, which ruthlessly censored notions of sex and nudity which are central to the movie’s story. On top of its merits as pure cinema, and its moving story about an unlikely friendship between two of New York’s most downtrodden residents, it’s a celebration of artistic freedom after decades of being harshly curtailed.
Updated December 20, 2023 by Robert Vaux. The article has been updated to expand upon information already included, based on public comments from the filmmakers themselves as well as the original script. It also includes a few additional details on the film’s place in movie history, and why it’s so highly regarded over 50 years after it was made. No one can know for certain how the line came about, save those who were present when it was shot. Movie magic can sometimes take place spontaneously, when an actor or director seizes upon a moment of inspiration while the cameras are rolling. The question of whether Hoffman’s line was improvised will likely remain open. Here’s what the public knows for certain.
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