Movie connections for
Midnight Express (1978) More at IMDbPro »

References

Stalag 17 (1953)

Referenced in

"Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin/Van Morrison (#4.4)" (1978)
 -  Mentioned by Bil Murray during his celebrity corner
"Saturday Night Live: Richard Benjamin/Rickie Lee Jones (#4.16)" (1979)
 -  Mentioned on Bill Murray's Celebrity Corner Oscars predictions
On Location with: FAME (1980)
Airplane! (1980)
The Census Taker (1984)
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
"Mad About You: Sunday Times (#1.3)" (1992)
 -  Mentioned by Paul
American Samurai (1992)
Chung Hing sam lam (1994)
 -  The fast-food restaurant in "Chungking Express" is called "Midnight Express", a direct reference to the movie of the same name.
"The Nanny: When You Pish Upon a Star (#2.11)" (1994)
 -  Fran mentions the movie by name.
"Seinfeld: The Secret Code (#7.7)" (1995)
 -  Mentioned by name
The Cable Guy (1996)
 -  Carey bares his breast and presses it against the glass while visiting Steven in jail.
Return to Paradise (1998)
Tutti gli uomini del deficiente (1999)
"Gilmore Girls: Rory's Dance (#1.9)" (2000)
 -  Lorelai talks about the Turkish prison in the film.
"S' agapo - M' agapas: (#1.17)" (2001)
 -  dialogue
"That '70s Show: Canadian Road Trip (#3.23)" (2001)
 -  Fez mentions the film Midnight Express (1978) by name.
Holiday in the Sun (2001) (V)
 -  (after being in jail) "It's not American Express, it's Midnight Express"
An Evening with Kevin Smith (2002) (V)
"Gilmore Girls: Ballrooms and Biscotti (#4.1)" (2003)
 -  Rory describes the plot of the film while outlining a hypothetical situation where she and her mother might accidentally smuggle drugs back from Europe.
EuroTrip (2004)
 -  Courier company is "Midnite Express"
"The Simpsons: Midnight Rx (#16.6)" (2005)
 -  episode title
King Kong (2005)
 -  Kong bites off a piece of the T. Rex's tongue and spits in into the air, just the same way Brad Davis does to the snitch in MIDNIGHT EXPRESS.
"Little Britain: (#3.4)" (2005)
 -  Travel agent tells a lady he can get her to where they filmed the movie
Loufa kai parallagi: Seirines sto Aigaio (2005)
 -  Mentioned by Mr. Makris
Max & Paddy's The Power of Two (2005) (V)
 -  Max mentions the movie during the back stretching exercise
Eagle Eye (2008)
 -  dvd cover shown as part of Jerry's life while at Circuit City
Paul Smith: The Reddest Herring (2008) (V)
 -  features star Paul L. Smith

Featured in

I'm Healthy, I'm Alive and I'm Free (1977) (TV)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
And the Band Played On (1993) (TV)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
 -  on TV in motel
The Celluloid Closet (1995)
"I Love the '70s: Volume 2" (2006)
 -  it features "the scene"

Spoofed in

"The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror II (#3.7)" (1991)
 -  The scene where Homer gets caught at the airport is a spoof of a scene in Midnight Express
"Family Guy: Brian: Portrait of a Dog (#1.7)" (1999)
 -  Parody of the "interrogation room" scene
"Spaced: Back (#2.1)" (2001)
 -  The scene of a man running and being caught by security in the airport with similar music to this film.

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