The Making of Midnight Express: It’s a bit deceptive because this feature interviews Billy Hayes and his father. Director’s Commentary: It’s the same commentary that appeared on the film’s 30 th ...

On July 21, 2009, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Midnight Express on Blu-ray. It will contain bonus materials and extra features in this complete collector's commemorative set ...

Billy Hayes, author of the autobiographical book “Midnight Express,” on which the film directed by Alan Parker and written by Oliver Stone was based, disagreed with several of the assertions ...

Midnight Express (1978), produced by David Puttnam, won two Oscars and very quickly assumed cult status. What the filmmakers hadn’t anticipated was just how deeply they had offended the Turkish ...

Alan Parker, a British director whose wildly eclectic films included a gangster musical with child actors (“Bugsy Malone”), a grim account of prison life (“Midnight Express”), a civil ...

Midnight Express is one of those rare films that doesn’t just get better but becomes more poignant and resonates louder with age. It’s possible that relations between the west and Middle East haven’t ...

release of Billy Hayes' book Midnight Express, and especially after the film version directed by Alan Parker, the term "Turkish prison" became a shorthand punchline for hell on earth. Attempting ...