Joe, a naive and inexperienced cowboy-clad blond from Texas, decides to quit his job as a dishwasher and seek his fortune in New York City, where he plans to use his only talent - sleeping with single, wealthy women for money. After meeting Ratso, a homeless man who talks endlessly about a new life in Florida, Joe is delighted to finally find himself a manager. The friends move into an abandoned building and live off Ratso's pickpocketing trade. When British New Wave director John Shlessinger decided to adapt J.L. Herlihy's novel about two men's love, he saw something more universal in it: characters with a fever for the American dream, the crisis of the 1970s in New York City, themes of friendship and sexual identity. With its light-hearted sadness, Midnight Cowboy won the Oscar for Best Picture and gave us an unforgettable version of the hit Everybody's Talkin'. Today it is considered a classic of queer cinema. N-13 In English with Lithuanian subtitles. In English with Lithuanian subtitles. Since 2014, Skalvija Cinema Centre has been screening world cinema classics in Vilnius and other cities. All screenings of classics are accompanied by presentations by film critics.