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Midnight Express

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Midnight Express (1978)

121 min - Drama, Crime - 31 August 1978
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Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".

Director:  Alan Parker
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Mississippi Burning

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Mississippi Burning (1988)

128 min - Drama, Thriller, Crime, History, Mystery - 8 December 1988
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Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

Director:  Alan Parker
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Angel Heart

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Angel Heart (1987)

113 min - Horror, Mystery - 6 March 1987
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Down-and-out private detective Harry Angel is ordered by the mysterious Louis Cyphre to go on a mission to find a missing person. His routine failure soon leads to a bloody spar with himself, as he goes on a supernatural journey into his own soul.

Director:  Alan Parker
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Pink Floyd: The Wall

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Birdy

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Birdy (1984)

120 min - Drama - 14 December 1984
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Birdy is a 1984 American drama film based on William Wharton's 1978 novel of the same name. Directed by Alan Parker, it stars Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage. Set in 1960s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the film focuses on the friendship between two teenage boys, Birdy (Modine) and Al Columbato (Cage). The story is presented in flashbacks, with a frame narrative depicting their traumatic experiences upon serving in the Vietnam War.

Director:  Alan Parker
Writers:  Sandy Kroopf & Jack Behr
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