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Midnight Express

1978

Alan Parker

Brad Davis, John Hurt, Bo Hopkins, Irene Miracle ...

7.7

30,384

Drama 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 ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Parker succeeds in making the prison into a full, real, rounded world, a microcosm of human behavior (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Adam Smith Empire	"Hard to call something this gratuitous entertainment but certainly lingers in the memory, thanks mainly to the bombast of Stone's script (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"One of Alan Parker’s greatest movies"
		Ed Potton The Times	"It's a film that probably wouldn't be made today, but it taps into a potent fear: losing your liberty far from home (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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