8-473: (Redirected from The Midnight Express ) Midnight Express may refer to: Midnight Express (book) , a 1977 book by Billy Hayes and William Hoffer Midnight Express (film) , a 1978 film dramatization of the book Film and television [ edit ] The Midnight Express (film) , a 1924 romantic film Music [ edit ] Albums [ edit ] Midnight Express , alternate title of
16-635: A certain way in the beginning or is it conditioning? Are we controlled by an Almighty engineer?". At the ARIA Music Awards of 2011 , the album was nominated for Best Country Album , but lost out to his wife Kasey Chambers ' Little Bird , an album he produced. At the Country Music Awards of Australia in January 2012, the album was nominated for Album of the Year. Graham Reid from Elsewhere NZ said
24-518: A professional wrestling tag team in the 1980s Midnight Express, a 1993 military rescue operation conducted by the Sri Lankan Army, led by Sarath Fonseka Sleeper train Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Midnight Express . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
32-416: A young American who was sent to a Turkish prison . The US had declared a "War on Drugs" in the early 1970s, and Hayes was made an example of for trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey . When his sentence was extended to 30 years, he decided to make his escape. The book was adapted by Oliver Stone and directed by Alan Parker into a 1978 feature film of the same name that took many liberties with
40-607: The ARIA Charts, becoming Nicholson's first solo album to peak in the top 50. The album spawned the APRA Award-winning song "Famous Last Words", which won Best Country Work at the APRA Music Awards of 2012 . The inspiration for the album's title came after Nicholson read Midnight Express by Billy Hayes and William Hoffer , in which a criminal is likened to a "bad machine". Nicholson said this made him ponder "Are we made
48-463: The album Oh, Boy! by Brotherhood of Man Midnight Express (EP) , an extended play album by the band Gyroscope Songs [ edit ] "Midnight Express", by Brotherhood of Man from the album Oh, Boy! "Midnight Express", an instrumental by rock band Extreme from Waiting for the Punchline Other uses [ edit ] The Midnight Express (professional wrestling) ,
56-586: The book. After reading the book, Australian country music singer Shane Nicholson recorded an album and title track, Bad Machines , which was inspired by the book. This article about a book on true crime is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bad Machines Bad Machines is the fourth studio album from Australian country singer Shane Nicholson , released by Liberation Music in Australia in March 2011. The album peaked at number 29 on
64-463: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Midnight_Express&oldid=1211002878 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Midnight Express (book) Midnight Express is a 1977 nonfiction book by Billy Hayes and William Hoffer about Hayes' experience as
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