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Midnight Express
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A true story of Billy Hayes, an American college student, caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison. Billy's hopes is collapsed when the command parole is denied. An inmate suggestes Billy go by the night train to flee.
A true story of Billy Hayes, an American college student, caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison. Billy's hopes is collapsed when the command parole is denied. An inmate suggestes Billy go by the night train to flee.
Actors:
Yashaw Adem,
Zannino,
Raad Rawi,
Alan Parker,
Joe Zammit Cordina,
Michael Ensign,
John Hurt
Yashaw Adem
Zannino
21 August 1923, Istanbul, Turkey
Raad Rawi
Alan Parker
14 February 1944, Islington, London, England, UK
Joe Zammit Cordina
29 September 1929, Hamrun, Malta
Michael Ensign
13 February 1944, Safford, Arizona, USA
John Hurt
22 January 1940, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
Country:
United Kingdom, United States
Keywords:
#Alan Parker #Brad Davis #Irene Miracle #John Hurt #Midnight Express #Paul L. Smith #Randy Quaid
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Strong stuff indeed...swells proportional sight and sound subjectively to convey Hayes' nightmarish experience but also hypes up a story that probably doesn't need the help. [Blu-ray]
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Despite the negative hullabaloo "Midnight Express" provoked for its brutal characterization of Turkish prison officials, director Alan Parker's rendering of Oliver Stone's exploitation screenplay is a stick of pure cinematic dynamite.
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The prison scenes are nightmarish and unforgettable.
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Searing and unforgettable. A harrowing descent into a real-life hell that's so relentlessly intense it will leave you feeling drained.
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A solid prison film that feels so real that if you heard a voiceover you'd swear it was a documentary.
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All modern-day jail flicks owe it a debt.
August 15, 2011
It defined the hell of a Turkish prison whil portraying the humanity needed to survive such a terrible place.
March 26, 2009
Horrific scenes of prison brutality and powerful acting by Brad Davis as the American Billy Hayes help make up for the shortcomings in Alan Parker's sensationalistic tale and Oliver Stone's factual inaccuracies.