Midnight Express (book)

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Midnight Express is a 1977 book by Billy Hayes and William Hoffer about Billy's experience as a young American who was sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle Hashish out of Turkey to the US.

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[edit] Adaptation

The book was adapted to film in 1978. The film Midnight Express departed significantly from the book in several ways, especially in its depiction of his capitivity. The movie concludes with Hayes escaping from the prison by accidently killing a guard, which did not take place in real life.

In an interview in 1984, David Puttnam, producer of the film, called the book dishonest.[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Shipman D (1984). The Story Of Cinema. London: Hadder and Stoughton. 
  • Interview with Billy Hayes about the book and the movie, part 1 and part 2.
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