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Brad Davis in Midnight Express (1978)

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Midnight Express

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Edited into

    • The Running Man (1987)

      The main theme music in The Running Man (1987), created by Harold Faltermeyer, was lifted note-for-note from the theme music of Faltermeyer's earlier work, Midnight Express (1978).

Featured in

    • I'm Healthy, I'm Alive and I'm Free (TV Short 1977)

      Making of documentary about this film. Clips shown.

    • "Sneak Previews" Paradise Alley, Magic, Midnight Express, Watership Down, Comes a Horseman (TV Episode 1978)

      Clips shown

    • Terror in the Aisles (1984)

    • And the Band Played On (TV Movie 1993)

      Brad Davis clip from the film appears on the epilogue montage

    • Natural Born Killers (1994)

      on TV in motel

Referenced in

    • "Saturday Night Live" Steve Martin/Van Morrison (TV Episode 1978)

      Mentioned by Bill Murray during his celebrity corner

    • "The White Shadow" Little Orphan Abner (TV Episode 1979)

      Playing in theater/marquee/poster.

    • "Saturday Night Live" Richard Benjamin/Rickie Lee Jones (TV Episode 1979)

      Mentioned on Bill Murray's Celebrity Corner Oscars predictions

    • Cette malicieuse Martine (1979)

      music influenced by

    • David Puttnam Interview (Video 1979)

      Discussed.

References

    • Stalag 17 (1953)

Spoofed in

    • "SCTV" Midnight Express Special (TV Episode 1981)

      Part of basis for parody "Midnight Express Special".

    • "Maniac Mansion" Hawaii Blues (TV Episode 1990)

      Ike has a nightmare that he'll be stopped by airport security (who have Turkish accents) and discover that he's "smuggling" his bad report card.

    • "The Simpsons" Treehouse of Horror II (TV Episode 1991)

      The scene where Homer gets caught at the airport is a spoof of a scene in Midnight Express

    • "Mighty Max" Day of the Cyclops (TV Episode 1993)

      When Max winds up in a Turkish jail.

    • The Cable Guy (1996)

      The Cable Guy bares his breast and presses it against the glass while visiting Steven in jail. He then mentions that Oliver Stone won an Oscar for the screenplay.

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