MIDNIGHT COWBOY
MGM HD, 7:45 p.m. ET
When this movie came out in 1969, it was rated X. Later on, without removing anything from the film, it was rated R. Times changed. Movies did, too. But this movie, with great and brave performances from both Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, has remained the same: a fabulous, vulnerable, heartbreaking character study. Harry Nilsson’s recording of Fred Neil’s “Everybody’s Talking” became a hit song from the movie – although Nilsson’s own composition, “I Guess the Lord Most Live in New York City,” was a rejected possible contribution. One other fun fact: The movie’s most famous line, Hoffman’s “I’m walking’ here!,” was an ad lib.