Yes he was he should ha e won an award for telling The Turkish judge the truth and his overall performance in this movie is true to life like it was so real the expressions
I'm from Russia, I watched this film when I was little, we showed this movie on TV. At that time, my mother and I lived alone, without a father. and this movie made a very big impression on me as an example of human willpower. and now that I have grown up, I forward this film to my mother and tell her where I got the inflexibility of my own will to live
@@jamriv8964 yeah… even though Brad Davis was fabulous in this movie, Robert de Niro in Deer Hunter was just over the top. It’s the same thing with Al Pacino for The Godfather II: he should have won it. But he was competing against Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Tough, very tough.
I second that. When I had first watched this movie, at the tender age of 16, I remember my heart beating as hard as Hayes's while watching this last scene. When he finally got out of prison, I said to myself: "that's it... he made it", and then I saw the jeep coming and I don't think I have ever been more anxious and afraid watching a movie. When the jeep passed by and he started running, it was definitely one of the most comforting, breathtaking and expiatory feelings I have ever had. P.S. At the black and white stills with his dad, his mum and his girlfriend, hugging and kissing in exultation and relief, right before the very end, I really cried.
Even though Billy Hayes denies this occurred to him as depicted in the movie, this ending coupled with the soundtrack is among the most powerful endings. The music is actually what makes it so good.
A truly forgotten gem of a film. Since it has no real place in cinematic history (Be it box-office or Americana drama history) it is rarely mentioned or remembered.
I remember it. Good film, although I wish we could understand what the Turks are saying. I guess the idea was to make it seem alien to us as it was to Billy.
Because it is a racist propaganda film and nothing else . Which the director and even Billy Hayes apologised for ... Its based on a book written by Billy Hayes which is twisted all ready and movie is even more twisted than the book to shock the audience . It is good to know how mainstream western audience is ignorant enough to believe in the words of a drug smugler than a foreign nation.
shadowfax1903 Yes I recall the Turks being quite angry at this film when it came out, they were probably just as angry at all the praise it got. I think the thing that cracks me up the most is just how fabricated Billy Hayes' story is from a personal level, him being gayer than a three dollar bill and how they completely subvert that fact for the film so he could have a girlfriend say "oh Billy" & show her tits. It's still a damn good prison thriller and a very well-made piece of cinematic storytelling, weather it was politically motivated to make the turks look as bad as it possibly could doesn't matter to me, I've known quite a lot of people from the armed services who it say it doesn't represent turkey particularly well...maybe somewhere like Syria or Pakistan.
NO MOVIE ENDING makes me cry like Midnight Express. It's all so moving, so beautiful, and so sad. And Giorgio Moroder music fits perfect with this legendary and unforgettable scene
Bobby Stinko + Yep, many of us who were travelling the globe in the years before mass tourism & google took much of the mystery out of it watched this film hard. I watch it maybe every 2-3 years, nothing else like it in the genre or out. Best.
Well back then, the directors and writers seemed to be more interested in making films because they just loved to make films! So they really wanted to make some great works of art! Whereas now, there's the occasional good movie, but almost everything now is just made for the money!
I always cry at the end of this film. One of the most moving film endings I’ve ever seen. The music helps extremely as well to make the end Scene the way it was
Walt Jabsco Not really stupid at all, I'm just asking it because it's not like you were in HIS shoes, you were just watching him ALMOST get caught... you would only "shit yourself" if you were ACTUALLY there... in reality you would just cringe and hope for the best.
The movie and the soundtrack that traumatized me for the first time in my life ,i was child, it was a shock and surely contributed to the fact that I became a musician afterwards, Giorgio is a genius !!!
I watched this movie when I was a teenager and it marked me profoundly throughout my life, in a good way. The movie is very sombre but it shows that patience, hope, and the desire to survive can beat any oppressor. The ending scene of this movie summarize everything for me. The actor Brad Davis does an excellent job in this movie, but let's not forget the great director Alan Parker, who directed many other great films such as "Fame", "Pink Floyd - The Wall" and "Mississippi Burning", combine this with the excellent and expressive music by Giorgio Morroder and you have a very impactful film. A true classic that should be watched by future generations.
One of the first profound movies I watched in a movie theater 43 years ago. Yes the soundtrack fed the movie well. I was 16 & saw it at the Loring Theater located in Hingham MA. The theater hall was originally a lyceum built in 1841. Frederick Douglas once spoke there! Midnight Express had a great cast. John Hurt was my favorite as Max. Randy Quaid was excellent as well. Brad Davis never lived long enough to have the brilliant career he undoubtedly would have had. Intense movie that made you glad you lived in the USA.
Midnight Express is 1 of my favorite movies of the 1970s. I love this movie , book, soundtrack album. My late mother Norma got me watchin Midnight Express. She was cryin with joy when Billy Hayes ( Brad Davis ) escaped from prison. I cried with joy as well.
Saw it in the theater when it was first released. Compelling from start to finish. The ending....one of the greatest ever. When that guy threw him the keys you could feel the whole theater exhale until the truck came towards him...then exhale #2! Brilliant
La libertad y el saber que hay un mañana mejor es lo que hace que el ser humano siga adelante a pesar de las adversidades, hermosa y conmovedora película, una de las mejores de todos los tiempos. Expreso de medianoche.
For me this film holds a memory I was in prison in the UK in 1982. They showed us this film while I was there.the very idea of be in a prison in a country where there is no extradition treaty with your own country .it doesn't bare thinking about.so here I am in 22 in Greece and my wife says to me we are going to turkey in the morning.and all I could think about was this film.never forgot any of it.anyway got in and out of the place safe.never take freedom for granted.its all we have.or will ever need.
This is exactly how I felt the day I graduated from high school. We human beings have to remember that there are plenty of prisons on this planet and plenty of hells on this planet, both LITERAL and METAPHORICAL.
Brad Davis. Powerful actor taken away too soon. Rest in Peace.you were one of the great ones. Tremendous screen presence and dedicated to your craft. Peace.
3:27 - 3:58 I love this part so much!!! Billy beat the odds and successfully crossed the Turkish boarder to eventually reunited with his family in America.
Just a question but was it really the border to Greece? I mean what if Greek authorities saw him trespassing and reported to the Turkish police then he'll be dragged back to prison?
@@madkittyjoey70p all the other comments ask why didn't the Greeks report him to the Turks.. during this time was a high tension between Greece and Turkey because of the of Turkeys July 20,1974 invasion of of the island of Cyprus. Maybe that has something l to do with it.
Amerikanın halkı çok mu farklı insanlık var mı orada sanki hapishaneler tımarhane gibi değil mi halk bağnaz dinbaz değil mi. Türkiye Sovyetlere katılacak diye 1978 de Amerikan üssünü kapatacak diye yapıldı bu film.
I say visit Constantinople for like a week, avoid the rundown areas and stay in the tourist areas. Should be good. I wouldn't go to a trip there alone, though, not even to the old hellenic ruins on the west areas.
@T There are more Christian religious fanatics in the US than in Turkey. Turkish people are less aggressive. If u show disrespect to their religion, I obviously they will dislike this - but they do not kill you. These people are alot more even natured than whites. Stop exaggerating.
I remembered picking out vhs tapes so my father and I could watch. He said to pick this one and I asked is it funny? Mind you because I was 5 at the time and my father was like you’ll see. Probably the best film I’ve watched.
Quand je regarde cette vidéo ,j en ai des frissons ...c est dingue le fait de recouvrer sa LIBERTE .....! Elle me remplie d émotion que je ne sais pas gérer tellement le film a bien relaté les faits accompagné d une musique qui " tue" ...,on peut ressentir ça frayeur face à sa liberté retrouvée .....terrible ...!
This is the perfect movie to watch on mushrooms, because it's long and it takes you through a spiritual rollercoaster. I did back in the early 90s and it was so emotional, because the movie takes you through the initial paranoia of being caught, getting caught, the hellish consequences you can't escape and finally and escape, freedom in the quiet night.
That's not the only reason. William Hayes probably wouldn't allow it. He'd already been burnt by this version. As great a movie as it is, it's also more than slightly untrue; screenwriter Oliver Stone (Yeah, that one) admitted he all but lied about parts of Hayes' story (the ending most notably; he was not almost raped). According to Hayes' own book, the actual escape was a little more harrowing than this (he escaped in a primitive raft and nearly drowned).
I grew up with only a weak, tinny synth-solo version of the end theme on Giorgio Moroder’s soundtrack album, but the full-orchestra movie version kicking in as the truck goes by gives it the proper doomed emotion it needed.
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This was the moment when i cried. You cant break mens spirit
I've seen many men brake. He is a rare exception. Most men would sell their sister for extra porridge.
This film was inspired by truth events and it is still emotional to watch.
One of the best cinematic endings in the history of film, and that is NO exaggeration! Brad Davis was such a brilliant actor.
You're right! Brad Davis is a good actor 💪
@@gabrielmino3053 myc heart exploded when i read that he died of suicide i just cant take it ...
Victiri
@@damiank7374 Assisted suicide. He had HIV.
Yes he was he should ha e won an award for telling The Turkish judge the truth and his overall performance in this movie is true to life like it was so real the expressions
I'm from Russia, I watched this film when I was little, we showed this movie on TV. At that time, my mother and I lived alone, without a father. and this movie made a very big impression on me as an example of human willpower. and now that I have grown up, I forward this film to my mother and tell her where I got the inflexibility of my own will to live
God bless Russia from Ireland 🇮🇪 🇷🇺
I admire you ! 🇬🇧
You are definitely not from Russia: you speak falsely, you are definitely an English-speaking stinker from Ukraine.
@@georgesturdy7040 don't answer her, she's a troll.
@@georgesturdy7040 God bless Ireland!
Iconic ending. Brad Davies should have won an oscar. He made the movie. And my heart dropped by when the truck was coming lol
Imagine if it pulled over and took her back and that was the end. 😂
He should have been nominated to the Oscar. But it would have been a tough fight against De Niro in his interpretation in The Deer Hunter.
@@jamriv8964 yeah… even though Brad Davis was fabulous in this movie, Robert de Niro in Deer Hunter was just over the top.
It’s the same thing with Al Pacino for The Godfather II: he should have won it. But he was competing against Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Tough, very tough.
@@mooney9046 "Her" ?
@@paulcarfantan6688 couldn't figure out what they meant?
One of the best endings of all time
PRcabj12 hems wiped the Turkish bastard out.
I second that. When I had first watched this movie, at the tender age of 16, I remember my heart beating as hard as Hayes's while watching this last scene. When he finally got out of prison, I said to myself: "that's it... he made it", and then I saw the jeep coming and I don't think I have ever been more anxious and afraid watching a movie. When the jeep passed by and he started running, it was definitely one of the most comforting, breathtaking and expiatory feelings I have ever had.
P.S. At the black and white stills with his dad, his mum and his girlfriend, hugging and kissing in exultation and relief, right before the very end, I really cried.
Bigger relief than shawshank
except this isn't the true ending!!!
john roe haph of the movie ain't true it's just to condemnde the gouverment and Turkish peaple it's Hollywood
The final melody shakes me to the depths of my soul. And the ending is masterful...is there anything more beautiful than freedom?
Yes , that scene is the definition of freedom.
No, my unknown friend ❤
i remember this ending on cinema there was a strange emotion and deep silence .
wich year/location/country? thnx
Probably because everyone in the theater was on the edge of their seats wondering if he would make it this time.
Deep
Yep... That’s not surprising at all
Brilliantly played by the great Brad Davis.
I bet that key turning in the lock was the most liberating sound he ever heard.
I wonder how he knew which key to choose? He had to get the right one or else!
Well, he probably did not feel really liberated until he crossed over that Greek border!
@@leochavarria8330 the most used key? I assume
Even though Billy Hayes denies this occurred to him as depicted in the movie, this ending coupled with the soundtrack is among the most powerful endings. The music is actually what makes it so good.
billy hayes can't remember a damn thing. he is lucky to be alive.
Alan Parker says the final scene in The Third Man greatly influenced how he filmed the final part of the escape sequence.
The songs about a dying soldier for him country. "It's fate, what can I say?"
Oh you talking about the final song. I've mentioned about the first song.
I always chose to see the film and book as 2 entirely different universes. Especially as the Turkish people were demonised by the film.
When I saw this movie back in the day the audience cheered when he escaped. Talk about an impact made!
Same here, saw it in the theater when it first came out in 1978 and the crowd erupted when he began running and then leaped.
@@ANTHONY0808able That was back when cinema was not only a thing, but a big thing.
A truly forgotten gem of a film. Since it has no real place in cinematic history (Be it box-office or Americana drama history) it is rarely mentioned or remembered.
I remember it. Good film, although I wish we could understand what the Turks are saying. I guess the idea was to make it seem alien to us as it was to Billy.
gutz1981 I agree, it doesn't get mentioned as much as other films what were nowhere near as good. It is one of the best films ever made.
gutz1981
Well, the soundtrack did win an Oscar.
Because it is a racist propaganda film and nothing else . Which the director and even Billy Hayes apologised for ... Its based on a book written by Billy Hayes which is twisted all ready and movie is even more twisted than the book to shock the audience .
It is good to know how mainstream western audience is ignorant enough to believe in the words of a drug smugler than a foreign nation.
shadowfax1903
Yes I recall the Turks being quite angry at this film when it came out, they were probably just as angry at all the praise it got.
I think the thing that cracks me up the most is just how fabricated Billy Hayes' story is from a personal level, him being gayer than a three dollar bill and how they completely subvert that fact for the film so he could have a girlfriend say "oh Billy" & show her tits.
It's still a damn good prison thriller and a very well-made piece of cinematic storytelling, weather it was politically motivated to make the turks look as bad as it possibly could doesn't matter to me, I've known quite a lot of people from the armed services who it say it doesn't represent turkey particularly well...maybe somewhere like Syria or Pakistan.
NO MOVIE ENDING makes me cry like Midnight Express. It's all so moving, so beautiful, and so sad. And Giorgio Moroder music fits perfect with this legendary and unforgettable scene
This movie changed my life! Saw it as a teen in the 70's. Never take freedom for granted!!!!
I can still remember that final jump of joy at the end ..... been 30 yrs since i saw the movie.Brilliant.
The theater I saw it in erupted in applause at the jump.
i remember this ending i was young, Brad Davis is one of the best actor of all the times.
He was a really good actor and could have gone a long way RIP
Max VOISIN I agree, he made this movie amazing
After all these years I'm still upset he didn't won an award!
Mike fdez I think John Hurt won something for best supporting actor!
RIP John Hurt.
It's the music...... very moving.
@P PA Giorgio Moroder is Italian !!!!!!!
@P PA in Malta was filmed part of the film. In the Fort of Sant Elmo the prison.
I love the tension of the last minutes. When his heart stops beating so hard. It reminds me of my last days from where I worked for so many years.
joe perry Reminds me of my 1st car I bought when I was waiting to get approved. Tension was crazy.
joe perry whene he was the sun and street I almost teard up
Happy 74th birthday a couple weeks ago, Billy Hayes.
I'm 46, and I've been watching this movie about once a year for 35 years lol...the older movies are priceless.....the recent movies all suck.
yes but there's no comparison with the soul drama of midnight train
Bobby Stinko + Yep, many of us who were travelling the globe in the years before mass tourism & google took much of the mystery out of it watched this film hard. I watch it maybe every 2-3 years, nothing else like it in the genre or out. Best.
Bobby Stinko Modern movies rely on special effects to cover poor acting and overworked plots.
Well back then, the directors and writers seemed to be more interested in making films because they just loved to make films! So they really wanted to make some great works of art! Whereas now, there's the occasional good movie, but almost everything now is just made for the money!
Yea, this was always one of my fave movies. I bought the LP soundtrack & real book by Hayes back way back then.
One of the best endings in cinematic history
What a film. I'm sure we could all relate to Billy finally getting free.
One of my favourite films of all time. Amazing . Love the end music too.
exelente...
The tragic irony that Brad Davis's last act was a drug overdose. RIP, my friend, you provided me with the best acting performance I've ever seen.
Brad Davis died from Aids in 1991, not a drug overdose.
@@steverakes6182 No he didn't. He died from a drug overdose.
@@steverakes6182 He had AIDS and would've died anyway but his cause of death was a deliberate overdose.
@@steverakes6182 You're wrong.
@@TonyEnglandUK That's not what Wikipedia says, but I wasn't there.
the music goes well with the movie
The music is amazing. Same composer who done the music for scarface
Love London Giorgio Moroder Won his 1st Oscar for this music score, it's the 1st electronic score to win an Academy award
steve tembo i love giorgio moroder. all of his music sound beautiful.. ^^
One of my fave soundtracks. I bought the LP after I saw this movie & the CD years later.
He did a great job with the musical themes.
I always cry at the end of this film. One of the most moving film endings I’ve ever seen. The music helps extremely as well to make the end Scene the way it was
As a kid I remember how dramatic the ending was with its contrasting shadows and piercing music... I walked out of the dark theater a changed person.
The first time I watched it I almost shit myself when the truck appears. I thought he was going to get captured again.
+Harry Manco Why would that make you want to shit your pants?
I was speaking figuratively.
Harry Manco I'm also speaking figuratively: Why would that make you want to shit your pants?
Alberto Silva Why ask such a stupid question?
Walt Jabsco Not really stupid at all, I'm just asking it because it's not like you were in HIS shoes, you were just watching him ALMOST get caught... you would only "shit yourself" if you were ACTUALLY there... in reality you would just cringe and hope for the best.
R.I.P Alan Parker. Midnight Express was one of the Best film his carrier.
I hope Alan Parker burns in the hell. He was a bastard..
The movie and the soundtrack that traumatized me for the first time in my life ,i was child, it was a shock and surely contributed to the fact that I became a musician afterwards, Giorgio is a genius !!!
A big italian , Moroder Giorgio
@@LucaEllepi the Best one !!!
Man, this still has such an effect on me emotionally even after all these years.
what a film....music.....acting.....and of course the story.....
They just don’t make them like this anymore, an absolutely beautiful movie.
They should re make this movie again
you're right Watch Sorcerer William Freidkin film with Roy Scheider and that Guy from the french connection A beaut man
everything in this movie is a lie
My dad loved the 1970's. He showed me this film years ago and I loved it. A classic.
RIP Alan Parker - thank you for the films you made but especially this one.
Me leaving the place I worked for 35 years!
Me leaving high school.
I hear you Joe!
Me leaving my parents house 😥
Me after i told my Crush i like her
joe perry you should be grateful you were employed at one company for 35 years
Glorious
I still get goosebumps every time I watch this...
I watched this movie when I was a teenager and it marked me profoundly throughout my life, in a good way. The movie is very sombre but it shows that patience, hope, and the desire to survive can beat any oppressor. The ending scene of this movie summarize everything for me. The actor Brad Davis does an excellent job in this movie, but let's not forget the great director Alan Parker, who directed many other great films such as "Fame", "Pink Floyd - The Wall" and "Mississippi Burning", combine this with the excellent and expressive music by Giorgio Morroder and you have a very impactful film. A true classic that should be watched by future generations.
one of the best scenes on film history
One of the best endings of the cinema. Brad Davis, unforgettable.
A gem of a film with the a beautiful soundtrack. Regardless of how true the events were in real life, it's still a great film.
Thank you for saying that 😊
My favourite film.And loved the music.❤
I cry every time I watch it! So powerful ! Thanks every men practice into that movie and sound!
Yup, can't watch the end without tearing up.
First time i properly sat down and watched this.
What an amazing movie. Simply fantastic and one of my now favourites
One of the first profound movies I watched in a movie theater 43 years ago. Yes the soundtrack fed the movie well. I was 16 & saw it at the Loring Theater located in Hingham MA. The theater hall was originally a lyceum built in 1841. Frederick Douglas once spoke there! Midnight Express had a great cast. John Hurt was my favorite as Max. Randy Quaid was excellent as well. Brad Davis never lived long enough to have the brilliant career he undoubtedly would have had. Intense movie that made you glad you lived in the USA.
An absolutely incredible film, this last scene is so perfectly put together, not overdone and capturing the pure elation of rediscovering his freedom
Yep it's great and wonderful but keep in mind this wasn't how it all went down because some fiction was put into it.
40 yrs old and still a great film!!RIP John Hurt
I remember watching this as a kid and loving it. It's a damn good movie, if memory serves me right.
great movie.great actor.legendary music
Η μεγαλύτερη μουσική σύνθεση τα τελευταία 100 χρόνια....
Midnight Express is 1 of my favorite movies of the 1970s.
I love this movie , book, soundtrack album.
My late mother Norma got me watchin Midnight Express.
She was cryin with joy
when Billy Hayes ( Brad Davis )
escaped from prison.
I cried with joy as well.
i think the compelling music that makes this movie really great as well
One hell of a good movie!
Kanahele styles
One Hell in a movie. But only a foretaste of the eternity for most.
The music is what made the movie shine 💯
RIP a ce grand réalisateur, merci pour ce chef-d’œuvre et cette héritage cinématographique que vous nous laissez
One of the best movies i ever see
The best acting I’ve ever seen in my life was by Brad Davis in this film. He would have reached mega AList status had he lived. RIP Brad.
Saw it in the theater when it was first released. Compelling from start to finish. The ending....one of the greatest ever. When that guy threw him the keys you could feel the whole theater exhale until the truck came towards him...then exhale #2! Brilliant
The theater I was in erupted in applause at the leap
La libertad y el saber que hay un mañana mejor es lo que hace que el ser humano siga adelante a pesar de las adversidades, hermosa y conmovedora película, una de las mejores de todos los tiempos. Expreso de medianoche.
The most magnetic and emotional movie ending ever
For me this film holds a memory I was in prison in the UK in 1982. They showed us this film while I was there.the very idea of be in a prison in a country where there is no extradition treaty with your own country .it doesn't bare thinking about.so here I am in 22 in Greece and my wife says to me we are going to turkey in the morning.and all I could think about was this film.never forgot any of it.anyway got in and out of the place safe.never take freedom for granted.its all we have.or will ever need.
Watched this movie over a thousand times to fall asleep over about a 7 year period.
Thank you Alan Parker for this -- and others -- incredible film.
Its absolutely amazing 👏
Such haunting music!
This is exactly how I felt the day I graduated from high school. We human beings have to remember that there are plenty of prisons on this planet and plenty of hells on this planet, both LITERAL and METAPHORICAL.
Wes Bervig
Just wait till you start working.....
Same here.
Junior High was my prison. Worst three years of my life.
Hear, hear...
Wes Bervig ...high school is nothing compared to prison
This end its very sad! I cry every time i see this movie! After so many years arrested.. billy gets his freedom 😪😪😭😭
😢😢😢❤❤❤
Tremanda pelicula, mi pelicula, junto con Papillon. impresionantes bandas sonoras y temas. wow
las dos mias tambien, jejejej saludos
Love love love this classic ending so intensely felt by the incredible talented actor Brad Davis!!
Great movie!
Such a magnificently moving and powerfully emotive scene.
beautiful. So touching.
This is what happens when you get a perfect storm of music, acting , story and direction , just perfection !
Brad Davis. Powerful actor taken away too soon. Rest in Peace.you were one of the great ones. Tremendous screen presence and dedicated to your craft. Peace.
The scene in which he snatches the light away from life and this ending are a masterful interpretation
I've been watching this movie when i was 13,and i love it!
One of the best endings of all times!❤️
Great finish.......so happy he escaped.
It's just so amazing how music can color the universe
Tão bom ator...😢
Adding the Jeep coming at him was a BRILLIANT cinematic move.....
Freedom. Dont we all wish that we could escape from the prisons of our own making in our lives?. The prisons we build around ourselves.
No such luck
3:27 - 3:58
I love this part so much!!! Billy beat the odds and successfully crossed the Turkish boarder to eventually reunited with his family in America.
Just a question but was it really the border to Greece? I mean what if Greek authorities saw him trespassing and reported to the Turkish police then he'll be dragged back to prison?
@@spongeyspikes09 SEEM TO REMEMBER FROM BOOK THAT HE BANKED ON FACT THAT GREECE HATES TURKEY & WOULD NEVER COOPERATE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS
@@madkittyjoey70 how come the Greeks didn't notify the Turks?
@@spongeyspikes09 That's what I wondered myself.
@@madkittyjoey70p all the other comments ask why didn't the Greeks report him to the Turks.. during this time was a high tension between Greece and Turkey because of the of Turkeys July 20,1974 invasion of of the island of Cyprus. Maybe that has something l to do with it.
i love this movie one of the best movies i saw in my life
I lived in Turkey during these years
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The Turkish people were always very hospitable and friendly..
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Would love to visit again..
If you were not with hashisi.. yeah, ok..
Thane Coxon perhaps you shouldn’t talk badly about anyone’s religion while your in their country
Amerikanın halkı çok mu farklı insanlık var mı orada sanki hapishaneler tımarhane gibi değil mi halk bağnaz dinbaz değil mi. Türkiye Sovyetlere katılacak diye 1978 de Amerikan üssünü kapatacak diye yapıldı bu film.
I say visit Constantinople for like a week, avoid the rundown areas and stay in the tourist areas. Should be good. I wouldn't go to a trip there alone, though, not even to the old hellenic ruins on the west areas.
@T There are more Christian religious fanatics in the US than in Turkey. Turkish people are less aggressive. If u show disrespect to their religion, I obviously they will dislike this - but they do not kill you. These people are alot more even natured than whites. Stop exaggerating.
this movie has been allways in my mind , i have seen it some tomes and the feeling is the same , great nostalgic movie
Brilliant music by Giorgio Moroder
Extraordinary film
I remembered picking out vhs tapes so my father and I could watch. He said to pick this one and I asked is it funny? Mind you because I was 5 at the time and my father was like you’ll see. Probably the best film I’ve watched.
CaliforniaBoy7559 I was 9
Sublime
This is one of the all time classics, truly memorable ending
Again, glorious
NUNCA VI UN MOMENTO MAS ÉPICO EN NINGUNA PELICULA
This scene is absolute perfection.
The music is beautiful. Thank God it isn’t the cheesy version from the album.
Excelente excelente excelente !!!!!!
Quand je regarde cette vidéo ,j en ai des frissons ...c est dingue le fait de recouvrer sa LIBERTE .....! Elle me remplie d émotion que je ne sais pas gérer tellement le film a bien relaté les faits accompagné d une musique qui " tue" ...,on peut ressentir ça frayeur face à sa liberté retrouvée .....terrible ...!
This is the perfect movie to watch on mushrooms, because it's long and it takes you through a spiritual rollercoaster. I did back in the early 90s and it was so emotional, because the movie takes you through the initial paranoia of being caught, getting caught, the hellish consequences you can't escape and finally and escape, freedom in the quiet night.
Ein wunderschönen film aller Zeit
Brilliant ending.
Not how it really happened he never revealed the truth..great film
Sorry to be rude , but you are very pretty !
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a cinematic masterpiece! a classic gem that should NEVER get remade because they will butcher it. RIP Brad:)
polynesianpuppet amen to that!
That's not the only reason. William Hayes probably wouldn't allow it. He'd already been burnt by this version. As great a movie as it is, it's also more than slightly untrue; screenwriter Oliver Stone (Yeah, that one) admitted he all but lied about parts of Hayes' story (the ending most notably; he was not almost raped). According to Hayes' own book, the actual escape was a little more harrowing than this (he escaped in a primitive raft and nearly drowned).
Alan Parker is such a brilliant director. ❤️
I grew up with only a weak, tinny synth-solo version of the end theme on Giorgio Moroder’s soundtrack album, but the full-orchestra movie version kicking in as the truck goes by gives it the proper doomed emotion it needed.
I remember seeing this when I was younger. The most scarring piece of film to watch at the age of five. Intense.
I’m 34yo and we need movies like this again ! So many untold stories must be told. Beautiful movie 🙌