Midnight Express (1978)
Directed by Alan Parker
An American student caught smuggling hashish at Istanbul's airport is thrown into a brutal Turkish prison and later a mental asylum, and spends years trying to get out.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Istanbul Yeşilköy (Atatürk) Airport≈ 00:03:00Stated on screen
Billy is caught with hashish taped to his body while boarding a flight home with his girlfriend.
- 2Istanbul streets≈ 00:13:00Istanbul, TurkeyInferred
Taken out to identify his dealer, he makes a run for it and is recaptured.
- 3Sağmalcılar Prison, Istanbul≈ 00:18:00Stated on screen
In Sağmalcılar prison he meets fellow inmates and hopes for an early release.
- 4Bakırköy psychiatric hospital, Istanbul≈ 01:25:00Inferred
- 5Escape≈ 01:52:00Istanbul, TurkeyInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 38 km
- Places
- 4
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 5
- Car: 21 km
- On foot: 9.6 km
- Not shown: 7.7 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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