Midnight Express
Walk into the incredible true experience of Billy Hayes. And bring all the courage you can.
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8/31/1978Runtime
121 minsOverview
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish 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".
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A visceral true-crime ordeal that traps you inside a foreign prison's brutal machinery, watching a man desperate to survive systematic dehumanization. It's relentless, punishing cinema that becomes harder to endure as it progresses.
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