The three of them show Billy the ropes and inform him of how things go down in prison. Quickly, they begin talking about the possibility of catching the Midnight Express, prison slang for a breakout.

With direct flights from LAX, the Turkish capital is suddenly hopping as "Taken 2," "Argo" and "Skyfall" make the scene and the "Midnight Express" prison becomes a Four Seasons.

The jail where the events in the 1978 film "Midnight Express" were supposed to have taken place may today be an elegant Four Seasons hotel, but the movie remains a sore spot for many Turks, who feel ...

Then, in 1978, came “Midnight Express,” a movie so harrowing that the words “Turkish prison” still have the power to terrify. No one knows those horrors, though, better than Billy Hayes.

It was one of Alan Parker’s greatest movies – a gut-wrenching prison epic with an Oliver Stone script and pounding Giorgio Moroder music. Midnight Express (1978), produced by David Puttnam ...