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Midnight Express

"Walk into the incredible true experience of Billy Hayes. And bring all the courage you can."

R 1978 · 2h 1m · Drama, Crime
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Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".

Theatrical
Oct 27, 1978
Box Office
$35.0M
Budget
$2.3M
Return
15.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 27, 1998
Theaters
5
Director
Alan Parker
Writer
Oliver Stone
Producers
Alan Marshall, Peter Guber, David Puttnam
Music
Giorgio Moroder
Studio
Columbia Pictures, Casablanca Filmworks
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Courage in the Face of Adversity
Taglines Walk into the incredible true experience of Billy Hayes, and bring all the courage you can!
A Journey of Triumph and Survival
Taglines A story of triumph.
Perseverance in the Face of Abandonment
Taglines Everybody gave up on Billy Hayes—except Billy.
Identity and Creation in a Mechanical World
Ahmet Oh no. A bad machine doesn't know when he's a bad machine.
Billy Hayes Oh, I know who I am. And I know who you are. I know that you are a bad machine. And do you know how I know that? Because I come from the factory. I MAKE the machines!
[Ahmet shakes his head]

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