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Midnight express
Midnight express (Motion picture : 1978).
- Summary
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American citizen Billy Hayes is sentenced to four years in a brutal Turkish prison after being caught trying to smuggle hashish out of Istanbul. When his sentence is changed to life just days befor...
American citizen Billy Hayes is sentenced to four years in a brutal Turkish prison after being caught trying to smuggle hashish out of Istanbul. When his sentence is changed to life just days before his release, he has no choice but to try to escape.
Details
- Creator
- Columbia Pictures presents a Casablanca Filmworks production ; an Alan Parker film ; directed by Alan Parker ; produced by Alan Marshall and David Puttman ; screenplay by Oliver Stone
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- English, French
- Contributors
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- Parker, Alan, 1944-2020, director
- Marshall, Alan, 1938-
- Puttnam, David, 1941-
- Stone, Oliver, author of screenplay
- Davis, Brad, 1949-1991, actor
- Hurt, John, 1940-2017, actor
- Quaid, Randy, 1950- actor
- Miracle, Irene, actor
- Hayes, Billy. Midnight express, bibliographic antecedent
- Hoffer, William. Midnight express, bibliographic antecedent
- Columbia Pictures
- Casablanca Filmworks
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
- Publication
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- Twentieth anniversary edition, widescreen and full screen versions
- Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [1998]
- ©1998
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 0767817486, 9780767817486
- OCLC
- ocm41044031
- Credits
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- Brad Davis, John Hurt, Randy Quaid, Irene Miracle
- Cinematographer, Michael Seresin ; editor, Gerry Hambling ; executive producer, Peter Guber ; music created by Giorgio Moroder
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1978.
- Based on the nonfiction book Midnight express by William Hayes with William Hoffer.
- Special features include: documentary featurette entitled I'm healthy, I'm alive and I'm free ; theatrical trailer.
- DVD, Widescreen presentation (aspect ratio 1.85:1) on side A and Full screen presentation on side B.
- English and French language soundtracks with optional subtitles in English or French; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.