Photo Film Movie Midnight Express Randy Quaid Alan Parker 1978 Photo Film Movie Midnight Express Randy Quaid Alan Parker 1978
Original movie photo showing the actor Randy Quaid in one of the scenes from the 1978 American film “Midnight Express” directed by Alan Parker. The film is based on the Billy Hayes’ autobiographical book of the same name adapted into screenplay by Oliver Stone. Besides Randy Quaid the film features Brad Davis (in the leading role), John Hurt and Irene Miracle. The movie tells a story about a young American student who was sentenced in the Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey. The film recieved seven nominations for Academy Awards of which it won three and it also entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. Dimensions: 20, 3 x 25, 2 cm. The photo is from the archive of the film magazine „Filmska kultura“ which has been issued at Zagreb since 1957 untill 1990’s. It was one of the most significant and long-time movie magazines in former Yugoslavia. Editors were Fadil Hadžic, Stevo Ostojic, Fedor Hanžekovic and Mira Boglic. The photo is a bit bent (for the condition see the scan).