Raw and unrelenting, Midnight Express is riveting in its realistic depiction of incarceration -- mining pathos from the simple act of enduring hardship.
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Midnight Express

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Movie Info
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Director -
Alan Parker -
Producer -
Alan Marshall , David Puttnam -
Screenwriter -
William Hayes , William Hoffer , Oliver Stone -
Distributor -
Columbia Pictures -
Production Co -
Columbia Pictures -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Drama , Biography , Crime -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Sep 1, 1978, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Apr 16, 2012 -
Runtime -
2h 1m -
Sound Mix -
Mono -
Aspect Ratio -
Flat (1.85:1)