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Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama film directed by John Schlesinger, adapted by Waldo Salt from the 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy. The film stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight , with supporting roles played by Sylvia Miles , John McGiver , Brenda Vaccaro , Bob Balaban , Jennifer Salt and Barnard Hughes .
"Everybody's Talkin ' (Echoes)" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Fred Neil in 1966 and released two years later. A version of the song performed by the American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson became a hit in 1969, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and winning a Grammy Award after it was featured in the film Midnight Cowboy.
The song was written for, but not included in, the movie Midnight Cowboy. The same recording was reissued in 1972 crediting Buck Earl (Jon Voight's character in the movie was Joe Buck) as the performing artist.
Dylan's recording was released as a single in July 1969 and quickly became his fourth and last top 10 U.S. hit, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the consecutive weeks of September 6 and 13. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The single did even better in the United Kingdom where it reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart . [ 13 ]
In 1969, the novel was made into the movie Midnight Cowboy starring Dustin Hoffman as Ratso and Jon Voight as Joe in his first film role. [1] The film depicted the second half of the book, with events from the first half condensed or briefly seen as flashbacks.
His other top 10 hit, a cover of Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin'" (1968), was featured prominently in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy. A cover of Nilsson's "One", released by Three Dog Night in 1969, also reached the U.S. top 10. [4] During a 1968 press conference, The Beatles were asked what their favorite American group was and answered "Nilsson".
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1969 per Variety. The data from April 9, 1969, is per Variety' s weekly 50 Top-Grossing Films chart which was first published on April 23, 1969.
Sylvia Miles (née Scheinwald; [1] September 9, 1924 – June 12, 2019) was an American actress. She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975).