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1969 Midnight Cowboy is a film by John Schlesinger which won the Oscar for "Best Picture" in 1969. The film features Harry Nilsson's performance of "Everybody's Talkin'". The movie studio wanted an original song written for the film, so Schlesinger used "Everybody's Talkin'" as a placeholder during rough cuts of the film as songwriters such as Bob Dylan and Randy Newman were commissioned to write a new song for the film. Nilsson submitted his own "I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City" as a candidate. In the end, the filmmakers decided to keep "Everybody's Talkin'" in the film. It became Nilsson's first hit recording and earned him a Grammy.
Snippets of Harry Nilsson's contemplative ballad, "Everybody's Talkin'", play throughout, offering multifaceted commentary on Joe's circuitous journey. At the beginning, when Joe is optimistic and exuberant, the song plays as an encouraging jingle. As his life and prospects grow increasingly bleak, the lyrics play more as bitter, resentful commentary. -- Phil Villarreal (Arizona Daily Star, August 12, 2005)
Credits:| Actor ("Annie"): | Jennifer Salt |
| Actor ("At the Party"): | Ultra Violet |
| Actor ("At the Party"): | Paul Jabara |
| Actor ("At the Party"): | Cecelia Lipson |
| Actor ("At the Party"): | Taylor Mead |
| Actor ("At the Party"): | International Velvet |
| Actor ("At the Party"): | Paul Morrissey |
| Actor ("At the Party"): | William Door |
| Actor ("Bartender"): | Paul Benjamin |
| Actor ("Bus Driver to Florida"): | Al Stetson |
| Actor ("Cafeteria Manager"): | Al Scott |
| Actor ("Cass"): | Sylvia Miles |
| Actor ("Enrico Salvatore 'Ratso' Rizzo"): | Dustin Hoffman |
| Actor ("Escort Service man"): | Richard Clarke |
| Actor ("Frantic Lady at Hotel"): | Ann Thomas |
| Actor ("Freaked-out Lady"): | Jan Tice |
| Actor ("Girl at Party"): | Marlene Clark |
| Actor ("Gretel McAlbertson"): | Viva |
| Actor ("Hansel McAlbertson"): | Gastone Rossilli |
| Actor ("Hat Shop Owner"): | Peter Zamagias |
| Actor ("Hotel Clerk"): | Arthur Anderson |
| Actor ("Jackie"): | Jonathan Kramer |
| Actor ("Joe Buck"): | Jon Voight |
| Actor ("Joe Pyne"): | Waldo Salt |
| Actor ("Laundromat Lady"): | Alma Felix |
| Actor ("Laundromat Lady"): | Tina Scala |
| Actor ("Little Joe"): | T. Tom Marlow |
| Actor ("Little Joe"): | Gary Owens |
| Actor ("Mother on the Bus"): | Linda Davis |
| Actor ("Mr. O'Daniel"): | John McGiver |
| Actor ("Old Cow-hand"): | J.T. Masters |
| Actor ("Old Lady on Bus"): | Arlene Reeder |
| Actor ("Party Guest"): | Paul Jasmin |
| Actor ("Pimp"): | Jay Morran |
| Actor ("Ralph"): | George Eppersen |
| Actor ("Rapist"): | Randall Carver |
| Actor ("Rich Lady on Street"): | Georgann Johnson |
| Actor ("Sally Buck"): | Ruth White |
| Actor ("Shirley"): | Brenda Vaccaro |
| Actor ("The Waitress in Florida"): | Joan Murphy |
| Actor ("The Young Student"): | Bob Balaban |
| Actor ("Towny"): | Barnard Hughes |
| Actor ("TV Bishop"): | Anthony Holland |
| Actor ("Vegetable Grocer"): | Vito Siracusa |
| Actor ("Vegetable Grocer"): | Peter Scalia |
| Actor ("Voice on Radio"): | Ron Lundy |
| Actor ("Woodsy Niles"): | Gil Rankin |
| Associate Producer: | Kenneth Utt |
| Cinematography: | Adam Holender |
| Director: | John Schlesinger |
| Editor: | Hugh A. Robertson |
| Original Music: | John Barry |
| Producer: | Jerome Hellman |
| Screenplay: | Waldo Salt |
| Story: | James Leo Herlihy |
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