Movie
1978
Midnight Express is a 1978 prison drama directed by Alan Parker and adapted by Oliver Stone from Billy Hayes's 1977 memoir. It stars Brad Davis, with Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, and John Hurt in supporting roles. The film centers on Hayes, a young American student, who is sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of the country. The film's title is prison slang for his…
↗ WikipediaShort comments left when logging a watch
No quick takes yet.
More from the same genre
Longform community posts about this title
No comments yet — be the first.
While some films don't age very well, it is still difficult to imagine that such a thing could happen to films that were once great commercial hits, spawning numerous pop culture references (like the line of dialogue in *Airplane!*), winning over critics and even prestigious awards, including three Oscars. It is even more difficult to imagine that many of their creators would later do all in their power to distance…More
