Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Midnight Express
1978
**½
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Randy Quaid, John Hurt

A manipulative, partly true story about an American who serves a sentence in a brutal Turkish prison for drug offences. Oliver Stone won an Oscar for his screenplay, as did Giorgio Moroder for the score. This sensationalistic drama seems to forget that its protagonist is a drug smuggler.