Midnight Express

Midnight Express (book)

Midnight Express is a 1977 nonfiction book by William “Billy” Hayes and William Hoffer about Hayes's experience in the Turkish prison system. Hayes, an American, was imprisoned in 1970 after Turkish authorities caught him trying to smuggle hashish out of the country to sell in the United States. Hayes and Hoffer's book was adapted into a 1978 feature film of the same name, directed by Alan Parker with a screenplay by Oliver Stone. The film was met with widespread acclaim. Hayes was critical of the film's overwhelmingly negative depiction of Turkey and its people; he attributed the portrayal to Stone's screenplay.

Midnight Express (film)

Midnight Express is a 1978 prison drama film directed by Alan Parker with a screenplay by Oliver Stone. It is based on Billy Hayes's 1977 memoir of the same name, which recounts his imprisonment in Turkey for drug smuggling. The film's title is prison slang for an escape attempt. The cast includes Brad Davis as Hayes, with Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, and John Hurt in supporting roles.

Midnight

Midnight is the transition time from one day to the next – the moment when the date changes, on the local official clock time for any particular jurisdiction. By clock time, midnight is the opposite of noon, differing from it by 12 hours.

Midnight blue

Midnight blue is a dark shade of blue named for its resemblance to the apparently blue color of a moonlit night sky around a full moon. Midnight blue is identifiably blue to the eye in sunlight or full-spectrum light, but can appear black under certain more limited spectra sometimes found in artificial lighting. It is similar to navy, which is also a dark blue.

midnight

Noun

1. The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
2. Twelve o'clock at night exactly.

Adjective

1. Utterly dark or black.

express

Adjective

1. Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
2. Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.

Noun

1. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly, either on a regular schedule or as a special or excursion. Express trains often pass through stations along the way without stopping at them.
2. a public utility vehicle, typically a jeepney, that traverses through an expressway