Seinfeld fans

There's a particular episode that's been bugging me ever since I saw it. It's the one with Jerry's sneakers, Tim Watleys party, and George's new 89 LaBaron that was apparently previously owned by Jon Voight. Kramer takes Jerry's sneakers to the Mom and Pop place for a cleaning. They then disappear. At the end Jerry and Kramer take a bus upstate to find Jerry's shoes. This scene in the bus seems like an homage to something, like a Woody Allen movie or Death of a Salesmen (since George as Biff was referenced in several episodes). Anybody know what I'm talking about and where this scene comes from?

Hmm, Jon Voight

Final scene of "Midnight Cowboy" probably.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy

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Final scene of "Midnight Cowboy" probably.

While flipping through the channels in Costa Rica last month I happened to come across that scene.

While I can't answer the original question, it happens to me often with Seinfeld and the Simpsons where I know they are doing a parody or reference to something, and it seems familiar, but I can't put my finger on exactly what. Somebody should make a web site detailing all these references.

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This scene in the bus seems like an homage to something, like a Woody Allen movie or Death of a Salesmen (since George as Biff was referenced in several episodes). Anybody know what I'm talking about and where this scene comes from?

In the comments section of the YouTube clip, a commenter writes:

"This last scene is a parody of the last scene in Midnight Cowboy. Dustin Hofffman goes on about how he's falling apart and eventually dies in Jon Voight's Arms in the back of a bus. "Everybody's Talkin'" by Harry Nilsson is the main song of the film."

The music, the cowboy boots and the way Kramer is talking should have given it away. The line "I'm falling apart here" is at time 3:11.

This character says a famous line from "Midnight Cowboy" in another language in this film made by a troubled director. What was the film and the line and the language? I liked this film and it's setting in Mexico.

I hardly remember any bits from that episode. I gather Jon Voigt is supposed to be someone famous?

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I hardly remember any bits from that episode. I gather Jon Voigt is supposed to be someone famous?

Just a zillion movies. Also father of Angelina Jolie.

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Just a zillion movies.

Evidently none I ever saw.

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Also father of Angelina Jolie.

I've heard about her. One movie she had something to do with was mentioned on a Mythbusters ep.

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Evidently none I ever saw.

Jon Voight was a television actor in the late 1950's and 1960's. On November 1, 1968 the MPAA rating system went into effect. There was a very brief moment when it was thought that in America adult movies that were not porn could be marketed. About 6 months after the rating system went into effect, there was an quality X rated movie called "Midnight Cowboy" released with Jon Voight that was highly regarded. Very quickly the legitimate theaters would not show X rated films, and the rating became an advertisement for porn films.

But quality films for adults were still developed overseas and in Mexico and Canada. As they grew more popular in the USA, there was an attempt to revive the rating system with the NC-17 rating. But there was no luck, as theater chains would still not show the movies. The overwhelming percentage of films would edit them to get an R rating, although the deleted material was often re-inserted for the DVD or Video(when they were still sold).

So 1969's Midnight Cowboy is one of the very few X-rated films to win 3 Oscars out of 7 nominations. None of the actos won awards Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, or Sylvia Miles. It has since been re-classified as an R-rated film in video release without any further edits, as what was considered X-rated over 40 years has changed.

A few years later Jon Voight starred in his more famous movie "Deliverance" with the 2nd most famous scene being the impromptu banjo session. Ned Beatty was in the most famous scene.

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A few years later Jon Voight starred in his more famous movie "Deliverance"

I'm sure if I'd seen that movie I'd deny having done so.