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Midnight Express - The Mad American - 12-29-2011 Tony H Wrote:You should read reviews with the real guy on whose account the book and film were based. Billy Hayes. He said the film made all Turkish people look bad and he said he loves the people as a whole, he just hates their court and prison system. Also, interestingly enough, he said in real life he had smuggled drugs out of the country 4 times prior to getting busted on his 5th trip. He said he deserved to be in jail for possession, but not a life sentence that was handed to him. I had read a little about the Billy Hayes. I hadn't heard any of the anti-Turkish stuff though but it doesn't surprise me. And Hayes traveling there to apologize, wow, amazing it had that big of an impact on the countries image and tourism but not surprising honestly. I can say from personal experience that there are parts of Turkey that are absolutely beautiful and I would visit there again in a heartbeat. Still, even with the fabrications and other stuff the movie was very well done in that it is unsettling. Midnight Express - The Mad American - 12-29-2011 Medusa Wrote:I never saw this one but it brings to mind a movie (might have been a TV movie) that I saw back in the 70's or 80's that was similar. Maybe someone here can tell me what it is. That sounds so much like Midnight Express other than the ending. Although I think in ME Billy Hayes wasn't arrested with a friend. It has been a while since I watched it, so I may be wrong. Midnight Express - Medusa - 12-29-2011 I found it! I went back thru Julie Christie's movies. I was wrong. It was Malyasia not Turkey. It was driving me crazy. Its called Dadah is Death (although it was called A Long Way From Home back when I saw it). [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094937/"]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094937/ [/URL] Midnight Express - The Mad American - 12-29-2011 Medusa Wrote:I found it! I went back thru Julie Christie's movies. I was wrong. It was Malyasia not Turkey. It was driving me crazy. Its called Dadah is Death (although it was called A Long Way From Home back when I saw it). Seems vaguely familiar. I may need to hunt up a copy of this. Thanks Medusa. Midnight Express - Dave - 12-30-2011 My dad recommended this film to me when I was a teenager in the 80's. He then proceeded to buy it for me on VHS one Christmas. I couldn't help thinking he was trying to warn me about bad choices... :decision: It has been a while since I saw it, but I do remember it being completely absorbing and very scary in places. Midnight Express - DannyC - 12-30-2011 Midnight Express came out when I was a senior in high school and my girlfriend and I were movie junkies. We'd see a movie, then review it while driving to Lovers Lane to watch the submarine races. We left the theater (the same family owned place where I took my wife on our second date and she lost her cell phone) and walked like zombies to the car. We got in the car... and just sat there, staring straight ahead. One of us probably muttered "Holy crap" and the other said, "Yeah." I think it might have been a half hour before I could think to turn the ignition. Can't say for sure if we headed for Lovers Lane that night, or if we just went for coffee and muttered "Holy crap" every ten minutes or so. I rented the movie a couple of years ago and it didn't have the same effect. I remember laughing at a long shot of Hayes running down an outside staircase; below him you could see a man running with a boom mic. Midnight Express - Medusa - 12-30-2011 Ya'll got me interesting in watching this now. I added it to my Netflix Que but I have to wait until we figure out how to set up the WiFi connection on the new TV/Surround Sound System we bought. Yes, we finally broke down and got our HDTV. As far as I can see I am doing everything correct on the Network connecting but it won't work so we have a friend coming over tonight to fix it for us. |