| Edition |
Thirtieth anniversary edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([28] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.) |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, Dolby Digital mono; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1. |
| Note |
Based on the book by William Hayes with William Hoffer. |
| Cast |
Brad Davis (Billy Hayes), Irene Miracle (Susan), Bo Hopkins (Tex), Paolo Bonacelli (Rifki), Paul Smith (Hamidou), Randy Quaid (Jimmy Booth), Norbert Weisser (Erich), John Hurt (Max), Mike Kellin (Mr. Hayes), Franco Diogene (Yesil), Micheal Ensign (Stanley Daniels), Gigi Ballista (Chief Judge), Kevork Malikyan (Prosecutor), Peter Jeffrey (Ahmet). |
| Credits |
Lighting cameraman, Michael Seresin ; editor, Gerry Hambling ; music, Giorgio Moroder ; production designer, Geoffrey Kirkland. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Rated R. |
| Summary |
This film is based on a true story. William Hayes, a naive young American vacationing with his girlfriend in Istanbul, Turkey, tries to smuggle a couple of kilos of hash out of the country. He is caught, thrown into a Turkish prison, and subsequently raped, tortured, and forced into the brutality that defines the inmates' constant struggle for survival. There are other foreigners there, many for smuggling, and word is that the only way out of the jail is by dying, or taking "the midnight express." Max, his friend and fellow inmate swears, "That train doesn't run around here." |
| Contents |
Packing -- Security check -- Strip search -- Not afraid -- Chicken out -- Blindfold -- Peacocks -- "It's not a train" -- Sitting tight -- With good time -- Turkish revenge -- Cat call -- Blueprint -- Tortured -- Another way out -- Istanbul blues -- Like butter -- Breaking out -- Dead end -- No shape to kill -- Bad news -- Insane -- Circle walk -- Girlfriend visits -- Wrong way -- Photo album -- Bribe -- Key to freedom. |
| Note |
Special features: Commentary with director Alan Parker [optional audio feature]; The producers [featurette] (26 min.); The production [featurette] (25 min.); The finished film [featurette] (24 min.); Photo gallery [slide show] (13 min.); Previews (6 min.). Booklet is an essay, Anatomy of a film: The making of "Midnight Express" by Alan Parker. |
| Awards |
Winner, 1978 Academy Awards for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Oliver Stone; and Best Music, Original Score: Giorgio Moroder. |
| Language |
In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Escapes -- Drama.
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Prisons -- Drama.
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Smuggling -- Drama.
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Prisons -- Turkey -- Drama.
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Istanbul (Turkey)
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Hayes, Billy -- Film adaptations.
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Hayes, Billy -- Drama.
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Prisons -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- Drama.
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Marijuana -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Prison films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Parker, Alan, 1944-2020
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Marshall, Alan, 1938-
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Puttnam, David, 1941-
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Stone, Oliver.
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Davis, Brad, 1949-1991.
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Miracle, Irene.
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Hopkins, Bo, 1942-2022
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Bonacelli, Paolo, 1939-
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Smith, Paul, 1936-2012.
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Quaid, Randy, 1950-
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Hurt, John, 1940-2017
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Kellin, Mike, 1922-1983.
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Jeffrey, Peter, 1929-1999.
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Hayes, Billy.
Midnight express.
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Columbia Pictures.
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Casablanca Filmworks.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
142488442X |
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9781424884421 |
| Standard No. |
043396226098 |
| Music No. |
22609 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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