The release comes with a photo gallery, a commentary track with Parker as well as a booklet about the making of the film written by him. There are also several behind-the-scene featurettes—one focusing on the memories of the producers and how they became involved, another on the production itself, and one on the finished film. Essentially, these three really fit together as a single documentary, but have been split here for an unknown reason. There is also a short featurette on the making of the film which appears to have been made upon the film's initial release and is little more than a promo piece for the movie.
Midnight Express is a great film, one completely deserving of the accolades, awards, and nominations which it garnered upon its initial release. It is gripping and takes the viewer into a world which they would normally not visit. However, it is also a film which cannot be simply taken at face value. It is great at drawing the viewer into the trials and tribulations that Billy Hayes experienced in Turkey, but it is a movie told through his eyes (and based on the book he co-wrote on his experiences) and consequently has all the bias of that single point of view.
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