MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - AT THE CUSTOMS

Midnight Express-At the Customs

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• midnight
• express
• billy
• hayes
• brad
• davis
• customs
• drug
• smuggling
• hashish
• istanbul
• turkish
• prison
• jail

[baruavice]

Disregarding its blatantly biased representation of Turks , one just cannot deny the sheer brilliance of this scene. The way the tension is sustained to the highest level , absolutely nail-biting.

[thrashmetalattack]

Nothing says "not suspicious" like a pair of aviators.

[sockratziified]

this was filmed mostly in malta. they're talking two very different languages at the same time ,why?... because they said to themselves You tubers would know the diff.anyways.I think it an subtle insult,,not to mention they two very different cultures ;great movie ,true story too.ps it's portral of maltese pigs is not at all exaggerated ;) blue lagoon another movie filled there ,orca killer whale ;etc ..

[waitew]

This was appalling to Americans in the 1970's.Today it's mild compared to what the TSA puts us through at US airports.

[clintonearlwalker]

For anyone interested, the entire movie "Midnight Express" is posted on YouTube. Also, this movie differed substantially from actual events. There is a posting on YouTube called "Banged Up Abroad" narrated by William Hayes that recreates the actual events. He escaped an island prison in a small row boat, then swam a river into Greece. Greece deported him to the US and there is a pic of him and his dad sitting in JFK airport.

[scatcat1994]

I think it's safe to say who Brad Pitt models himself on.

[erreur]

one of the best movies ever made, with a Moroder soundtrack to top it off. It's portrayal of Turks may have been very harsh and prejudiced, but most great art is biased and subjective in many ways. It is portraying the Turks from Billy's point of view, not an objective observer. Of course one going thru this predicament would be biased and notice the flaws and negative attributes of any society. It is this very portrayal of Turkey and the Turks in a harsh light that makes this movies great.

[freedomland11]

Is It me, or Does this Guy looks Like The late "James Dean" Holy FUCK!!

[terminator363]

I watched this movie 3 days before I went to Turkey on vacation. Holy Piss.

[Rastmannis]

the book tells the true story, like in the movie he kills the guard this never happened in real life, in real life the guard was killed outside of the prison by someone else.

Have seen the interview on discovery channel with billy hayes

[charlesvan13]

This movie horrified me when I watched it as a kid.

But knowing that he was carrying over a kilo of pot, which isn't like a couple grams and is always a felony, any adult should know better than to carry it over a border. You would go to prison in Sweden. The only difference is that prison conditions would be better.

[Tombstoneblues19]

Now they ask more questions at the airport about your baggage. Who and when did you pack your baggage, were they always with you, did anyone put anything in them, and what happened from the time you packed them to the time you came to the airport? They check your passport 4 or 5 times. They seem to pick on Americans.