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Billy Hayes, the inspiration behind the blockbuster "Midnight Express," returns to Turkey 30 years after his daring escape to meet with a group of Tur…
Just goes to show you that taking creative liberties with “Based on True Story” films can result in a backlash that lasts decades. The structure of this documentary is a little bit messy, but it is interesting seeing how Hollywood distorted what Billy Hayes went through and ended up create a Academy Award Winning film the generated negative stereotypes about Turkey.
Midnight Return is much more invested in the film's long shadow, exploring how the storyline was parodied and referenced for decades, leaving a damaging lasting impression of Turkey as a scary ...
As a huge fan of MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, the 1978 Alan Parker blockbuster about a young American, Billy Hayes, notoriously tossed into a hellish Turkish prison when he's caught with hashish while trying to board a flight home, I've seen the movie many times since its initial release -- when my dad rocked my 11-year-old world by driving us to Waterville, Maine, on a school-night, to see it on the big ...
"Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey," the entertaining and insightful new documentary, provides an in-depth look at one of cinema’s most talked about films, including interviews with Oliver Stone and Alan Parker who defend their defining work against charges of racism and exploitation, and reveals an ironic twist of fate when Billy Hayes receives an unexpected invitation to ...
The documentary "Midnight Return" explores the enduring and emotional power of film as seen through the lens of the blockbuster success Midnight Express (1978).
Billy Hayes, the inspiration behind the blockbuster "Midnight Express," returns to Turkey 30 years after his daring escape to meet with a group of Tur…
