..You truly are incorruptible, aren""t you? Huh? You won""t kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness").BackgroundMidnight Cowboy(1969) is an ultra-realistic, adult film (shot on location) with sordid, downbeat and serious content, from British director John Schlesinger, who had previously directed the widely-acclaimedDarling (1965)- with a Best Actress win for Julie Christie.Teasdale: Oh, your Excellency.We""ve been expecting you.As chairwoman of the reception committee, I extend the wishes of every man, woman, and child of Freedonia." Rocky kept pushing to return to his boxing ""career"": "Maybe we can do better this time." To show and test the limits of Rocky""s eye, Mickey slowly moved his finger from Rocky""s side to in front of his face, warning that with his failing right eye: "Creed would have caved in the whole side of your face.But there will be dark days ahead of us too.There will be days where you feel all alone.And that""s when hope is needed most.No matter how buried it gets, or how lost you feel, you must promise me that you will hold on to hope.