| Record Number |
809693 |
| Title |
Midnight express [videorecording]. |
| Edition |
Collector's edition. |
| Publisher/Date |
[Australia] : Madman Entertainment, [2019] |
| Pagination etc. |
2 videodiscs (DVDs) (circa 121 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Contents note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. |
| The special collector's edition includes a remastered, uncut version of the film plus a bonus disc with featurettes and more. Special features include Audio commentary with director Alan Parker ; 3 featurettes : The producers, The production, The finished film ; Vintage featurette : the making of Midnight Express ; Photo gallery ; Original theatrical trailer. |
| Based on the nonfiction book Midnight express by William Hayes with William Hoffer. |
| "A story of triumph"-- Cover. |
| Creation Note |
Directed by Alan Parker ; produced by Alan Marshall and David Puttnam ; screenplay by Oliver Stone. |
| Performer note |
Brad Davis, John Hurt, Randy Quaid, Irene Miracle. |
| Summary Note |
American citizen Billy Hayes is sentenced to four years in a brutal Turkish prison after being caught trying to smuggle hashish out of Istanbul. When his sentence is changed to life just days before his release, he has not choice but to try to escape. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : R 18+ |
| Language note |
English. |
| Subject - Name |
Hayes, Billy -- Drama |
| Subject |
Prisoners -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- Drama |
| Prisons -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- Drama |
| Added Author |
Stone, Oliver director. |
| Parker, Alan, 1944- screenwriter. |
| Marshall, Alan producer. |
| Puttnam, David director. |
| Davis, Brad, 1950-1992. actor. |
Hayes, Billy Midnight express,
author. |
Hoffer, William Midnight express.,
author. |
| Shelf Location |
DVD F MIDN |
