MIDNIGHT EXPRESS

GENRE:  Biographical/ Crime/ Drama
MADE:  1978
CAST:  Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins
DIRECTOR:  Alan Parker
WRITER:  Billy Hayes, William Hoffer, Oliver Stone

PLOT:  The story of Billy Hayes who is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and is thrown into a Turkish prison.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Papillon, Brokedown Palace, Shawshank Redemption

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MISSISSIPPI BURNING

GENRE:  Crime/ Mystery/ Drama
MADE:  1988
CAST:  Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand
DIRECTOR:  Alan Parker
WRITER:  Chris Gerolmo

PLOT:  Agent Rupert Anderson and Agent Alan Ward travel to Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of civil rights activists.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Mystic River, In The Heat Of The Night, A Few Good Men

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