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Midnight Express (VHS, 1998, Collector's Edition; Widescreen) 
Midnight Express (VHS, 1998, Collector's Edition; Widescreen)

 
Midnight Express (VHS, 1998, Collector's Edition; Widescreen)

Leading Role: Brad Davis
Director: Alan Parker
Rating: Rated R
Release Date: Oct 1998
Format: VHS
Additional Info: Collector's Edition; Widescreen
UPC: 043396023222
Product ID: EPID3305240
Description: Based on William Hayes's autobiography, MIDNIGHT EXPRESS tells the harrowing story of a young American tourist arrested and sentenced to 30 years in prison by Turkish authorities for trying to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the coun...
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Movie Description
Based on William Hayes's autobiography, MIDNIGHT EXPRESS tells the harrowing story of a young American tourist arrested and sentenced to 30 years in prison by Turkish authorities for trying to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the country. Billy (Brad Davis), suffering through the harsh realities of the Turkish penal system, sees a glimmer of hope when his father (Billy Kellin) arrives from the States with the intention of securing his son's release. But when that effort fails and the prison's savage environment becomes too much to bear, Billy opts for the only possible solution: breaking out of jail and riding the "midnight express"--prison slang for escape--to freedom.


Director Alan Parker (MISSISSIPPI BURNING), aided by Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning script, fastens an unflinching gaze into the darkest recesses of physical and emotional cruelty. Supporting cast members Randy Quaid, John Hurt, and Bo Hopkins give stellar performances, and Giorgio Moroder supplies a jagged yet entrancing soundtrack for a film that is at one and the same time a Kafkaesque nightmare, a riveting exposé, and a testament to the dogged human thirst for dignity.

Credits
Producer:Alan Marshall, David Puttnam
Cast:Bo Hopkins, Mike Kellin

Details
Edition:Collector's Edition; Widescreen

Notes
DVD Features:

Region 1 Encoded
English and French Languages/Subtitled
Featurette
Theatrical Trailer, Theatrical Release: November 6, 1978.

Editorial Reviews
"...[The] cast, direction and production are all very good..."
Variety - Murf. (05/24/1978)

"[A] harrowing depiction of the torment of an American serving time in Turkey..."
Premiere - Andy Webster (04/01/2006)

4 stars out of 5 -- "The performances are good, especially John Hurt as Hayes' prison confidant..."
Empire - Empire Staff (03/01/2008)

3 stars out of 5 -- "Parker's film is powerful and harrowing, with fine performances from Brad Davis as Hayes and John Hurt as his frail Brit fellow-prisoner."
Total Film - Philip Kemp (04/01/2008)

3 stars out of 5 -- "[G]rippingly well-made stuff."
Uncut - Damien Love (04/01/2008)

Awards
1978Academy AwardsBest Adapted ScreenplayOliver Stone, 1978Academy AwardsBest Original ScoreGiorgio Moroder

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