Midnight Express Comes To BluRay

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release the 1978 highly-charged thriller Midnight Express as a deluxe Blu-ray High-Def book package including a 32-page photo and essay booklet on July 21, 2009.  Based on a true story and winner of two Academy Awards®* and six Golden Globes® **, this gritty film follows the unsure fate of Billy Hayes (Brad Davis – A Small Circle of Friends, Heart), a young American caught at the Turkish border trying to smuggle hashish.  With his future in the hands of a foreign government, Hayes faces uncertainty and fear – papers from the Embassy mean little and the Turkish government is set to use him as an example to deter other drug smugglers.  With his options quickly dwindling, Hayes realizes the Midnight Express (inmate slang for “an escape” under cover of night) may be his last hope.

Midnight Express also stars Bo Hopkins (The Road Home, Vice), Randy Quaid (Vacation) and John Hurt (Alien, No Limits No Control).  Special features include four behind-the-scenes featurettes exploring the road to production, the making of the film, the world’s reaction to this groundbreaking motion picture, and more; a commentary by Director Alan Parker; Parker’s personal 32-page photographic journal and essay booklet from his on-set experiences; and more.

Blu-ray Disc™ Special Features

• Featurettes:
• The Producers’  
• The Production   
• The Finished Film   
• The Making of Midnight Express
• Commentary with Director Alan Parker
• Photo Gallery
• Original Midnight Express Theatrical Trailer 
• Photo booklet & Essay from Parker’s on-set experiences