Midnight Express

Midnight Express is a 1978 Alan Parker film based on Billy Hayes' book of the same name adapted into screenplay by Oliver Stone. Hayes was a young American student sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey. The movie deviates from the book's accounts of the story, especially in its portrayal of Turks, to such a level that many have criticized the movie version, including Billy Hayes himself. Later, both Oliver Stone and... more

Initial release date:

  • Oct 6, 1978

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Runtime:

  • 121 min (72.6 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 2,300,000 (US$)

Film

Directed by

Alan Parker

Sir Alan William Parker, CBE (born 14 February 1944) is an English film director, producer, writer and actor. He has been active in both the British film industry and Hollywood and was a founding member of the Director's Guild of Great Britain. Parker was born into a working class family in...

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  • Walk into the incredible true experience of Billy Hayes, and bring all the courage you can!

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  • 121 min (72.6 hs )

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  • 2,300,000

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Artist

Giorgio Moroder

Giorgio (Hansjoerg) Moroder (on record sleeves often only Giorgio) (born on April 26, 1940 in Urtijëi (Ortisei), Italy) is a three-time Oscar-winning and three-time Grammy Award-winning Italian record producer, songwriter and performer. His work with synthesizers during the 1970s and 1980s had a...

Label

Casablanca Records

Casablanca Records is a record label which was started by Neil Bogart, who partnered with Cecil Holmes, Larry Harris and Buck Reingold, in 1973 after all of them left Buddah Records. The label released hits by Kiss, Donna Summer, Cher, The Village People, and Parliament featuring George Clinton....

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  • 1978
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