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7.4Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The 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".
Released: 1978-08-31121 minDir: Alan ParkerDrama, CrimeBudget: $2.3MBox office: $35.0M
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Cast
- Brad Davis as Billy Hayes
- Irene Miracle as Susan
- Bo Hopkins as Tex
- Paolo Bonacelli as Rifki
- Paul L. Smith as Hamidou
- Randy Quaid as Jimmy Booth
Themes
- prison
- airport
- drug smuggling
- escape
- court
- 1970s
- attempt to escape
- based on true story
- prison guard
- lawyer
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
93,919 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
59/100
- Year
- 1978
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 17 wins & 14 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alan Parker
- Screenplay by
- Oliver Stone
- Based on
- the book by William Hayes , with William Hoffer
- Produced by
- Alan Marshall David Puttnam
- Starring
- Brad Davis
- Cinematography
- Michael Seresin , (lighting cameraman)
- Edited by
- Gerry Hambling
- Music by
- Giorgio Moroder
- Production company
- Casablanca FilmWorks
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- Release dates
- 18 May 1978 ( 1978-05-18 ) ( Cannes ) 10 August 1978 ( 1978-08-10 ) (U.K.) 6 October 1978 ( 1978-10-06 ) (U.S.)
- Running time
- 121 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom United States
- Languages
- English Turkish Maltese
- Budget
- $2.3 million
- Box office
- $35 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Midnight Express
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Screenwriter
- Billy Hayes
- Cast member
- Peter Jeffrey
- Composer
- Giorgio Moroder
- Producer
- David Puttnam
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Michael Seresin
- Narrative location
- Istanbul
- Filming location
- Istanbul
- Duration
- 119
- FilmAffinity ID
- 830905
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Fort Saint Elmo in 2018 33.jpg
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- publication date
- 1978-08-10
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- film editor
- Gerry Hambling
- title
- Midnight Express
- executive producer
- Peter Guber
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- after a work by
- Billy Hayes
- costume designer
- Milena Canonero
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 59/100
- Commons category
- Midnight Express (1978 film)
- capital cost
- 2300000
- box office
- 35000000
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