There’s no denying “Midnight Cowboy” is an absolute classic film. Its power is undeniable. That’s why the film is the only X-rated feature to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. And in the upcoming documentary, “Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend Of Midnight Cowboy,” the iconic film is put under the microscope. 

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As seen in the trailer for ‘Desperate Souls,’ the film breaks down just how “Midnight Cowboy” came together and would go on to captivate audiences in 1969.

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In the opening scene of Nancy Burski’s “Desperate Souls, Dark City, and the Legend of ‘Midnight Cowboy’,” Jon Voight tells a story. The actor recalls, with vivid intensity, the conclusion of principal photography for “Midnight Cowboy,” John Schlesinger’s 1969 film adaptation of James Leo Herlihy’s novel. They were in Texas, he remembers, shooting the opening sequence, when he discovered director Schlesinger crouched on the ground behind a car; he was having what appeared to be a full-on nervous breakdown, convinced they’d made a terrible, embarrassing film.

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