Midnight Express

Midnight Express is a 1978 American/British film directed by  Alan Parker and produced by  David Puttnam. It is based on  Billy Hayes' 1977 book  Midnight Express and was adapted into the screenplay by  Oliver Stone. It starred  Brad Davis,  Irene Miracle,  Bo Hopkins,  Paolo Bonacelli,  Paul L. Smith,  Randy Quaid,  Norbert Weisser,  Peter Jeffrey and  John Hurt. Hayes was a young American student sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle  hashish out of  Turkey<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">. The movie deviates from the book's accounts of the story — especially in its portrayal of Turks — and some have criticized the movie version, including Billy Hayes himself. Later, both Stone and Hayes expressed their regret on how Turkish people were portrayed in the movie. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> The film's title is prison slang for an inmate's escape attempt. The  Motion Picture Association of America<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> (MPAA) rated the film  "R"<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">.