| During the summer of 1969,
the streets of Big Spring, Texas were marred by the presence of
cameras from Hollywood, California. Location
shooting had begun for the movie "Midnight Cowboy".
- the story of a young man from Big Spring, Texas who thought he could make
his fortune on the streets of New York City.
For a brief period of time, Big Spring was featured as
the background of the opening title sequence of the Academy award winning
motion picture. I'm sure many of the Class of 1971 don't mention the
movie because it was originally released by United Artist as an "X" rated
move. I recently rented the DVD of
Midnight Cowboy and decided to capture some of the images featured during
the title sequence of the Oscar winning feature film.
I recall being disappointed that my first car, a 1963
Ford Falcon was edited out of the final version.
Overall, the images below provide a clear picture
of how our hometown looked like during our high school years ... |
