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Joe Buck moves to New York from Texas to make his fortune servicing women. Instead, he's conned into partnering up with small-time hustler Ratso Rizzo. Living together on the tattered edges of society, these two outcasts develop an unlikely bond that helps them transcend their cruel existence.
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English
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After a convalescence Charlotte Heath, leaves her husband's family mansion to find him kissing another woman. Shocked she leaves for the city and goes to her friend, former cook for the family, who works at the Beechmont. She discovers that the Beechmont is a male brothel where she masters her illness, becomes comfortable with her desires, and learns to deal with her patronizing husband.
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Series
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English
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When John Rechy's explosive first novel appeared in 1963, it marked a radical departure in fiction, and gave voice to a subculture that had never before been revealed with such acuity. It earned comparisons to Genet and Kerouac, even as Rechy was personally attacked by scandalized reviewers. Nevertheless, the book became an international bestseller, and fifty years later, it has become a classic. Bold and inventive in style, Rechy is unflinching in...
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Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
225 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a damp, old Sussex castle, American literary phenomenon Stephen Crane lies on his deathbed, wasting away from tuberculosis at the age of twenty-eight. The world-famous author has retreated to England with his wife, Cora, in part to avoid gossip about her ignominious past as the proprietress of an infamous Florida bordello, the Hotel de Dream. In the midst of gathering tragedy, Crane begins dictating what will surely be his final work: a strange...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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As she attempts to carry out a dying woman's last wish, Dr. Clare Burtonall is caught in the underworld of drugs and murder. She is only saved from death by the fast thinking of the male prostitute who serves as her lover.
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Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Julian Kay is on the prowl and looking for someone to please. Boyish and sensual, he speaks five or six languages, and is equally comfortable as a chauffeur for a wealthy middle-aged matron, and as a translator/companion for the lonely wife of an eecutive. He is the American gigolo. But Julian's love-for-sale lifestyle turns deadly when a client is murdered and Julian becomes the prime suspect."--Container.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 261 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ray and his unlikely pimp Tanya are taking matters into their own hands in the face of a recession-plagued economy by opening the 'Happiness Consultants Wellness Center for Woman', a front for their gigolo business complete with seminars run by Tanya and private consultations with Ray. As their business begins to yield dividends, Lenore seeks revenge upon Ray and Tanya for stealing her lifestyle idea, and transforms a 25-year-old busboy named Jason...
11) Sauvage/wild
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Leo trades in love as much as lust and wanders through his life without rules or restrictions. Through a series of encounters that offer a glimpse into the complicated and visceral world of male sex work, Leo finds himself searching for affection anywhere he can get it, whether it's the unrequited love for his hustler friend Ahd or in the arms of an older, vulnerable client. Will Leo choose his freedom and the dangers that come with it, or the comforts...
12) Midnight cowboy
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joe Buck moves to New York from Texas to make his fortune servicing women. Instead, he's conned into partnering up with small-time huslter Ratso Rizzo. Living together on the tattered edges of society, these two outcasts develop an unlikely bond that helps them transcend their cruel existence.
13) Midnight cowboy
Series
Criterion collection volume 925
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"One of the British New Wave's most versatile directors, John Schlesinger came to New York in the late 1960s to make Midnight Cowboy, a picaresque story of friendship that captured a city in crisis and sparked a new era of Hollywood movies. Jon Voight delivers a career-making performance as Joe Buck, a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy city women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (540 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Carol: Two women from very different backgrounds find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her twenties, Therese is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol, an alluring woman trapped in...
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