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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 2 hours, 1 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region ABC (Worldwide)
- Released: July 21, 2009
- Originally Released: 1978
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Brad Davis | |
Performer: | Randy Quaid, John Hurt, Bo Hopkins & Mike Kellin | |
Directed by | Alan Parker | |
Edited by | Gerry Hambling | |
Screenwriting by | Oliver Stone | |
Composition by | Giorgio Moroder | |
Produced by | Alan Marshall & David Puttnam | |
Director of Photography: | Michael Seresin |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1978 -
Best Adapted Screenplay: Oliver Stone
Academy Awards 1978 -
Best Original Score: Giorgio Moroder
Entertainment Reviews:
[A] harrowing depiction of the torment of an American serving time in Turkey...
Premiere
...[The] cast, direction and production are all very good...
Variety
Rating: 5/5 --
Searing and unforgettable. A harrowing descent into a real-life hell that's so relentlessly intense it will leave you feeling drained.
Fantastica Daily
Rating: B --
Horrific scenes of prison brutality and powerful acting by Brad Davis as the American Billy Hayes make up for the shortcomings in Alan Parker's sensationalistic tale and Oliver Stone's factual inaccuracies.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: 3/4 --
a brutal and brutalizing film whose effects have diminished little in the decades since its controversial theatrical release in the late 1970s
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Q Network Film Desk
Rating: A --
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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ColeSmithey.com
4 stars out of 5 -- The performances are good, especially John Hurt as Hayes' prison confidant...
Empire
Product 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.
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.
Product Description:
Brad Davis (The Player, Chariots of Fire) and John Hurt (Contact, Alien) star in this riveting truestory of a young American's nightmarish experiences in a Turkish prison and his unforgettable journey to freedom. Busted for attempting to smuggle hashish out of Istanbul, American college student Billy Hayes (Davis) is thrown into the city's most brutal jail. After suffering through four years of sadistic torture and inhuman conditions, Billy is about to be released when his parole is denied. Only his inner courage and the support of a fellow inmate (Hurt) give him the strength to catch the MIDNIGHT EXPRESS ... and escape his living hell.
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- Sales Rank: 131,734
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