Thursday, September 25, 1969
Paul and Linda McCartney at the UK premiere of “Midnight Cowboy”
Last updated on May 5, 2025
Thursday, September 25, 1969
Last updated on May 5, 2025
Location: London Pavilion • London • UK
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Article Sep 25, 1969 • Paul and Linda McCartney at the UK premiere of "Midnight Cowboy"
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On this day, Paul and Linda McCartney attended the UK premiere of the film “Midnight Cowboy.” The BBC filmed their arrival at the London Pavilion. It would be their last public appearance for several months.
That same day, ATV increased its stake in Northern Songs to 54%, gaining effective control of the company. As a result, Paul McCartney and John Lennon lost control of their Beatles songs.
From Wikipedia:
Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American buddy drama film, based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. The film was written by Waldo Salt, directed by John Schlesinger, and stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, with notable smaller roles being filled by Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Salt, and Barnard Hughes. Set in New York City, Midnight Cowboy depicts the unlikely friendship between two hustlers: naïve sex worker Joe Buck (Voight), and ailing con man Enrico “Ratso” Rizzo (Hoffman).
At the 42nd Academy Awards, the film won three awards: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Midnight Cowboy is the only X-rated film ever to win Best Picture. It has since been placed 36th on the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 greatest American films of all time, and 43rd on its 2007 updated version.
In 1994, Midnight Cowboy was deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
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