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Author:

Midnight express (Motion picture)

Title:

Midnight Express / Columbia Pictures presents a Casablanca Filmworks production ; an Alan Parker film ; directed by Alan Parker ; produced by Alan Marshall and David Puttnam ; screenplay by Oliver Stone.

Edition:

20th anniversary ed.

Publisher:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

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

Subject:

Hayes, Billy.--Midnight express--Film adaptations.
Hoffer, William.--Midnight express--Film adaptations.
Hayes, Billy.
Prisons--Istanbul--Istanbul--Drama.
Smuggling--Istanbul--Istanbul--Drama.
Hashish--Drama.
Prison films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings.
DVD-Video discs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Hashish.
Prisons.
Smuggling.
Turkey--Istanbul.
Feature films.
Prison films.
Action and adventure films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Video recordings.

Other Authors:

Parker, Alan, 1944- director.
Marshall, Alan, 1938- producer.
Puttnam, David, 1941- producer.
Stone, Oliver, screenwriter.
Davis, Brad, 1949-1991, actor.
Hurt, John, 1940- actor.
Quaid, Randy, 1950- actor.
Miracle, Irene, actor.
Hopkins, Bo, 1942- actor.
Bonacelli, Paolo, 1939- actor.
Smith, Paul, 1936-2012, actor.
Weisser, Norbert, actor.
Seresin, Michael, cinematographer.
Hambling, Gerry, editor of moving image work.
Moroder, Giorgio, composer.
Hayes, Billy. Midnight express.
Hoffer, William. Midnight express.
Columbia Pictures.
Casablanca Filmworks.
Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Notes:

Title from disc label. Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. Based on the nonfiction book Midnight express by William Hayes with William Hoffer. Special features include: documentary featurette entitled I'm healthy, I'm alive and I'm free ; theatrical trailer. Brad Davis, John Hurt, Randy Quaid, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Norbert Weisser.

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 no choice but to try to escape.

ISBN:

9780767817486
0767817486

OCLC:

(OCoLC)85775093

UPC:

043396005495

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)