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Rated: R; DVD Release Date: Feb 05, 2008; Genres: Crime, Drama; With: Brad Davis; Distributor: Columbia Tri-Star
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After U.S. student Billy Hayes (Davis) is caught smuggling hash out of Turkey, he gets 30 years in prison�a bad rap even without the sadistic guards and insane inmates. With an Oscar-winning script by Oliver Stone, Midnight Express melds Hayes' real-life (but heavily fictionalized) jailbreak thriller with misery and bombast (Hayes to a judge: ''I f--- your sons and daughters because they are pigs''). Director Alan Parker's smoke machines and backlighting influenced '80s flicks from Flashdance to Top Gun. EXTRAS In a commentary, Parker (sort of) apologizes for villainizing every Turk on screen. B
Posted Feb 01, 2008
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