"Irregardless" is not a word.
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Errington_92 — 11 years ago(May 03, 2014 09:01 AM)
Midnight Express
was flawed in its attempts to make Bill sympathetic. He chose to smuggle the drugs for a pathetic reason. Though I take nothing away from
Midnight Express
' aesthetics and story telling of experiencing hostile prison life.
"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not". -
Splarne — 11 years ago(September 17, 2014 09:19 PM)
the movie, i felt sympathy for him.
now, i just got finished watching this nat geo thing with the real billy hayes. and let's just say he should face extradition back to turkey. i would have no problem believing that he has been shuttling back and forth to thailand doing the same thing now.
he was a ballsy smuggler and pretty much typical of a wide portion of the american population at the time. he had no clue there were any negative consequences to his actions, and then miraculously had a moment of repentance because they threw him in a cell with no blanket.
boo hoo, billy.
Go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!
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Mixalidis — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 03:28 PM)
No. You'd get a lot more than 3-4 years in most countries today for that, am I correct? He was already dissatisfied with that initial court decision. And yes, he acted like a self-entitled American at that point. I mean, what was he expecting?
Obviously, the 2nd court decision and happened to him in prison was awful.
Ironically, the real Billy Hayes is much worse- he smuggled drugs multiple times, enjoyed the support of the State Department throughout, managed to escape and became a celebrity.