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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The autobiography Midnight Express was written by Billy Hayes and published in 1977. The title was prison slang for an inmate's escape attempt. A year later in 1978, the film version directed by Alan Parker and starring Brad Davis as Billy Hayes was released. It was the breakthrough project of Oliver Stone, whose screenplay won him his first of three Oscars.On October 7, 1970, after a stay in Istanbul, a US citizen named Billy Hayes is arrested by Turkish police, on high alert due to fear of terrorist attacks, as he is about to fly out of the country with his girlfriend. After being found with several bricks of hashish taped to his body (about two kilograms in total) he is sentenced to four years and two months' imprisonment on the charge of drug possession. At Sağmalcılar prison, his life becomes an utter living hell. His case is appealed, but instead, he is made an example of by being re-sentenced to thirty years (the punishment for drug smuggling). With his options running out, his only option is the Midnight Express.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); }) | |
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Artistic Licence – History: The reason the film is loosely based on a true story. One of the inmates makes advances on Billy, which he keeps declining. In real life they had an affair. The film shows Billy's girlfriend being with him when he's arrested. He was alone in real life. Billy didn't kill his head guard. It was done by another, recently paroled inmate. While each passenger was searched before the flight in real life, the film doesn't mention that this was because of a real life hijacking event that happened four weeks previously. There are a couple of small references to it, but they're easy to miss. Billy's speech in the courtroom was much shorter and less dramatic in real life. | |
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Agony of the Feet: On his first day in prison, Hayes sees a bunch of prisoners getting their feet clubbed. Billy is on the receiving end of this when Hamidou punishes him for stealing a blanket; stripping Billy, hanging him upside down, and clubbing his feet. | |
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As Long as It Sounds Foreign: Though the characters technically speak Turkish, it's so heavily accented and grammatically-mangled that it can be downright painful for a native speaker to listen to. Meanwhile several of the actors, including the Customs' Agent, simply speak Maltese. | |
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