William Hoffer
Author
Publisher
Summit Books
Pub. Date
©1979
Physical Desc
249 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Compelling personal stories of both courage and cowardice mark this vivid narrative of the 1956 sea disaster in which the Italian luxury liner and the Stockholm collided during a thick fog off Nantucket.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Midnight Express tells the gut-wrenching true story of a young man's incarceration and escape from a Turkish prison. A classic story of survival and human endurance, told with humor, honesty, and heart, it became the Academy Award-winning blockbuster film of the same name.In 1970 Billy Hayes was an English major who left college in search of adventures to write about, like his hero Jack London. He had a rude awakening when he was arrested at the airport...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
20th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
American citizen Billy Hayes is sentenced to four years in a brutal Turkish prison after being caught trying to smuggle hashish out of Istanbul. When his sentence is changed to life just days before his release, he has not choice but to try to escape.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
30th anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrated ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
This film is based on a true story. William Hayes, a naive young American vacationing with his girlfriend in Istanbul, Turkey, tries to smuggle a couple of kilos of hash out of the country. He is caught, thrown into a Turkish prison, and subsequently raped, tortured, and forced into the brutality that defines the inmates' constant struggle for survival. There are other foreigners there, many for smuggling, and word is that the only way out of the...
