Amy defiantly hands him an ultimatum on her wedding day: if he won""t go away with her, she""ll go alone by train - the one hat leaves at twelve noon:Kane: Look Amy, this is my town.Kogan standing over him.The prologue scene was followed by a background foreword:Early in the 21st century, Skynet, a military defense program, became self-aware.Bartender: I feel sorry for him.Always in reach and never able to do anything about it.Carter: I got a feeling she could do better.Bartender: You""re a boaster.Carter is unfriendly, dour and unsmiling due to the loss of his own "girl" (Rose Mapen) - according to the bartender, she immediately left town in the spring on the first stagecoach bound for San Francisco - to marry a rich Californian.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.