John Richard Schlesinger (16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was an English film director best known for Midnight Cowboy (1969), Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) and Marathon Man (1976).

Born 16 February 1926 in London; died 25 July 2003.

DeBaser hosts a set of appreciative reviews of John Schlesinger's films, highlighting Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man and Sunday Bloody Sunday. Reviewers praise performances (Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Roy Scheider), Schlesinger's handling of tense drama and social themes, and memorable soundtracks. Overall the reception in these reviews is strongly positive.

For:Fans of classic and 1970s cinema, character-driven dramas and psychological thrillers.

 In short, my legs are shaking, because this is perhaps the most significant work I've ever presented.

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 "Midnight Cowboy" (1969) remains one of the finest films of those years alongside "Easy Rider" and "The Graduate."

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 I refer you to the English Wikipedia page for the full spoiler if you missed something, the original title is Pacific Heights.

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 The love/pain triangle narrated by Schlesinger, an English director who became an American, possesses to the highest degree the same characteristics as the love affairs of the three protagonists: subdued, silent, devastating.

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