UK / USA / Turkey,
1978, 116 min
Directed by:
Alan ParkerScreenplay:
Oliver StoneCinematography:
Michael SeresinComposer:
Giorgio MoroderCast:
Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, John Hurt, Mike Kellin, Franco Diogene, Michael Ensign (more)VOD (1)
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In this harrowing true-life adventure, young American Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is arrested in Turkey after he’s caught smuggling hashish. Taken to a brutal Turkish jail where the prisoners must fend for themselves, he meets many other inmates, including an American (Randy Quaid), an Englishman (John Hurt), and a Scandinavian (Norbert Weisser). (Via Vision Entertainment)
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Sorry, but I won’t sympathise with a drug smuggler.
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The opening is quite tedious and I couldn't get hooked at all, but the second half is an iconic atmospheric exhibition. If, God forbid, I ever had to choose which prison to serve a life sentence in, it certainly wouldn't be a Turkish one...
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