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Title:

Midnight express [videorecording].

Format:

[videorecording].

Edition:

Collector's edition.

Publisher:

Madman Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Hayes, Billy--Drama.
Prisons--Istanbul--Istanbul--Drama.
Hayes, Billy.
Prisons.
Turkey--Istanbul.
Drama.
English

Other Authors:

Stone, Oliver, director.
Parker, Alan, 1944-2020, screenwriter.
Marshall, Alan, producer.
Puttnam, David, director.
Davis, Brad, 1950-1992., actor.
Hayes, Billy. Midnight express, author.
Hoffer, William. Midnight express., author.

Notes:

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. Brad Davis, John Hurt, Randy Quaid, Irene Miracle.

Summary:

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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1102005996

Locations:

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)