"Midnight Express" movie still, 1978. L to R Irene Miracle, Brad Davis
More from The Times and The Sunday Times. ★★★★☆Rumoured to be have been shown, as a cautionary tale, to members of the US navy who were sailing to Turkish ports, Alan Parker's film is.
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Political, moral and aesthetic problems arise when you try to superimpose the film on the 'truth' it purports to represent. As a head-banging thriller, though, it makes some of Hollywood's.
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Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is a young American caught by Turkish police while attempting to smuggle hash out of Istanbul. He's tried and sent to prison for four years, where he endures all manner of.
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Midnight Express. 1978 | Maturity Rating: 18+ | 2h | Drama. Arrested in 1970 after trying to smuggle two kilos of hash out of Turkey, American student Billy Hayes faces a nightmare 30-year jail sentence. Starring: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins.
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Alan Parker's 1978 Midnight Express serves as an effective public service message to naïve young Americans entertaining thoughts of smuggling drugs from foreign countries. Based on a novel by Billy Hayes, who spent five years in an Istanbul prison, the frightening and convincing movie shows just how much trouble a foolish kid from the states can get into.
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On October 6, 1970 while boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is caught attempting to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in identifying the person who sold him the hashish.
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Watch Now Midnight Express (1978) R 10/06/1978 (US) Drama , Crime 2h 1m User Score Play Trailer Walk into the incredible true experience of Billy Hayes, and bring all the courage you can! Overview Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey.
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1978 Directed by Alan Parker Walk into the incredible true experience of Billy Hayes, and bring all the courage you can! Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison.
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Taken to a brutal Turkish jail where the prisoners must fend for themselves, he meets many other inmates, including an American (Randy Quaid), an Englishman (John Hurt), and a Scandinavian (Norbert.
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Midnight Express is a 1978 prison drama film directed by Alan Parker and adapted by Oliver Stone from Billy Hayes 's 1977 memoir of the same name. The film centers on Hayes (played by Brad Davis ), a young American student, who is sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of the country.
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Brad Davis stars in this Film based on a true ( although much of the film was not what really happened in the real story ) of connected Drug Smuggler William.
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Midnight Express (1978) 1978 USA, United Kingdom Directed by Alan Parker Produced by Alan Marshall, David Puttnam Written by Oliver Stone Featuring Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins. Articles related to Midnight Express. Lists. John Hurt: 10 essential films. By David Parkinson. and the UK's lead organisation for film and the moving.
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Reviews Midnight Express Roger Ebert October 06, 1978 Tweet Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch The real Billy Hayes was arrested by Turkey in 1970, we're told, and imprisoned on a charge of trying to smuggle hashish out of the country. He was guilty.