Midnight Express

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film non-fiction book prison drama film

Midnight Express is a 1978 prison drama film about an American student jailed in Turkey for drug smuggling, noted for its intense performances and controversial portrayal of the Turkish justice system.

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Midnight Express canonical 13
Midnight Express (1978 film) 2
Midnight Express (book) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
prison drama film ⓘ
author Billy Hayes ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
basedOn Midnight Express self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Midnight Express (book)
character Billy Hayes ⓘ
Hamidou ⓘ
Jimmy Booth ⓘ
Max ⓘ
cinematography Michael Seresin ⓘ
controversy perceived negative depiction of Turkey and Turkish people ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Alan Parker ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
filmEditingBy Gerry Hambling ⓘ
filmingLocation Italy ⓘ
Malta ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
prison film ⓘ
mainSubject Turkish prison system ⓘ
drug smuggling ⓘ
musicBy Giorgio Moroder ⓘ
narrativeLocation Istanbul ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
notableFor controversial portrayal of the Turkish justice system ⓘ
intense performances ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer David Puttnam ⓘ
publicationDate 1978 ⓘ
releaseDate 1978-10-06 ⓘ
runtime 121 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Oliver Stone ⓘ
setInPeriod 1970s ⓘ
starring Bo Hopkins ⓘ
Brad Davis ⓘ
Irene Miracle ⓘ
John Hurt ⓘ
Mike Kellin ⓘ
Paul L. Smith ⓘ
Randy Quaid ⓘ

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John Hurt → knownFor → Midnight Express ⓘ
David Puttnam → notableWork → Midnight Express ⓘ
David Puttnam → produced → Midnight Express ⓘ
Alan Parker → directed → Midnight Express ⓘ
Alan Parker → wroteScreenplayFor → Midnight Express ⓘ
Alan Parker → notableWork → Midnight Express ⓘ
Gerry Hambling → notableWork → Midnight Express ⓘ
Gerry Hambling → editedFilm → Midnight Express ⓘ
Peter Guber → notableWork → Midnight Express ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midnight Express (1978 film)
Oliver Stone → wroteScreenplayFor → Midnight Express ⓘ
Midnight Express → basedOn → Midnight Express self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midnight Express (book)
Max in Midnight Express → appearsIn → Midnight Express ⓘ
subject surface form: Max (Midnight Express)
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subject surface form: Max (Midnight Express)
this entity surface form: 1978 film Midnight Express
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subject surface form: Max (Midnight Express)
this entity surface form: Midnight Express (book)
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subject surface form: Max (Midnight Express)
this entity surface form: Midnight Express (1978 film)
Giorgio Moroder → workedOn → Midnight Express ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midnight Express (film score)
Bo Hopkins → notableWork → Midnight Express ⓘ
Michael Seresin → notableWork → Midnight Express ⓘ
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