The midnight express 25th anniversary scrapbook by jim cornette with tim ash june 21, 2019 unless you have zero interest in wrestling of the territorial and national expansion era, this is an absolute must. Stored here is my pro wrestling collection, containing more than 5,000 magazines and programs, 3,000 plus video tapes, 15,000 photos, and large stacks of newspaper clippings, fan publications and reference material documenting the history of the sport. The book was adapted by oliver stone and directed by alan parker into a 1978 feature film of the same name that took many liberties with the book. The midnight express may be found in the 8th fontana book of great ghost stories and 65 great tales of horror and the supernatural, both edited by mary danby, and bar the doors edited by alfred hitchcock hitchcock in this case probably actually peter haining. The following is a reprint of the torch newsletter transcript of jim cornettes rant on phil mushnick from five years ago this week. In 1986, jim cornette and the midnight express came along and changed the old adage in a polite society never hit a woman. Rating director alan parker screenplay oliver stone book. Survivor tells the real story behind shocking cinema classic midnight express. From episode 77 of jim cornettes drive thru artwork by travis heckel. Midnight express is a 1977 nonfiction book by billy hayes and william hoffer about hayess experience as a young american who was sent to a turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of turkey. Former smuggler tells all in midnight express adventure. Billy is on vacation with his girlfrend susan when he is arrested. On behalf of the nwa, thanking jim cornette for being himself and a legend in wrestling and yadda yadda yadda. The midnight express professional wrestling wikipedia.
Jim cornette experience listen via stitcher for podcasts. Midnight express 1977 is a classic memoir of hayes time in a turkish prison, during which he was beaten, had a mental breakdown, and saw his sentence increased from a young william hayes did not think about that, the downside was years in a turkish prison the upside is this book. Billy hayes midnight express the book, the movie, the. Midnight express tells the gutwrenching true story of a young mans incarceration and escape from a turkish prison. The driver had gotten air for the tire bolin had been sitting over, but it still looked suspect, and for some reason he had not filled up with gas, so we did that too.
As the 25th anniversary of the teams emergence onto the tag team scene approaches, cornette will be using his own personal photos and records to put together the book, with a targeted release date in august. Survivor tells the real story behind shocking cinema. Cornette was enraged afterwards when bill watts replayed the incident on tv as he thought it was funny. The history of the midnight express solies vintage wrestling. Midnight express by billy hayes, 1977, popular library edition, in english midnight express 1977 edition open library. The late 1980s saw a new incarnation, consisting of bobby eaton and stan lane, compete in jcp and wcw and briefly feuding with the original midnight express of. The midnight express and jim cornette 25th anniversary scrapbook is available at. Midnight express by billy hayes goodreads share book. Nearly four decades later, the man behind the movie has resurfaced in midnight return. Jim cornette has 14 books on goodreads with 1854 ratings. This led to a heated altercation between the two, which ended with watts slapping cornette. For those of you too new to the wrestling game to remember jim cornette, he was one of the great managers of the 1980s, taking the midnight express. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Billy hayes brad davis is an american tourist visiting turkey with his girlfriend susan irene miracle when hes caught by customs officials trying to smuggle a large amount of hashish out of the country.
Each thursday, jim cornette hits you with his blunt and uncensored take on professional wrestling, entertainment, politics and more. The midnight express and jim cornette 25th anniversary scrapbook jim cornette, tim ash on. Zannino in midnight express 1978 zannino in midnight express 1978 the image could not be loaded. I went on amazon, had a quick read and bought it, got the book on monday, finished on wednesday night. The book of lists will cover championships won to particular moments in the history of. Jim cornette on the midnight express ring gear youtube. Differences between midnight express book vs movie page 1. It was one of the most vile moments in professional wrestling history. Billy hayes brad davis is an american tourist visiting turkey.
In the history of cinema, has any film done more to blacken a nations reputation among travelers than midnight express. Talk story about eddie tolan, the colored boy who became famous by winning both the 100 and 200metre dashes in the olympic games. Jim cornette is currently working on a book documenting the careers of the midnight express, as reported in an article on may 5. The midnight express 25th anniversary scrapbook by jim. Billy hayes is as charming a former drug smuggler as youd ever hope to meet. Pro wrestlings secrets and greatest moments are immortalized in this graphic novel from legendary wrestling personality jim cornette. Jason powell, torch assistant editor torch newsletter archive by wade keller, torch editor jim cornette rants on phil mushnick during raw originally published. Despite the negative hullabaloo midnight express provoked for its brutal characterization of turkish prison officials, director alan parkers rendering of oliver stones exploitation screenplay. The midnight express is a madurowrapped addition to robert caldwells highlyrated eastern standard collection of cigars. All the while, though, they never forgot jim cornettes midnight express. Buy midnight express by hayes, billy, hoffer, william isbn.
I never get tired of hearing anything that involves the midnight express. The group started in the early 1980s with dennis condrey and randy rose and originally norvell austin. The story of billy hayes and turkey, which is both a behindthescenes account of. Thrown into a hellhole of a turkish prison, hes tortured by sadistic. Gday, i am trying to get info on the 78 midnite express truck as i believe it was a very limited edition in the 78 year range. The real billy hayes regrets midnight express cast all. A classic story of survival and human endurance, told with humor, honesty, and heart, it became a worldwide bestseller and the academy awardwinning blockbuster film of the same name.
We like to party we bring the tunes, you bring the dance moves. And if his name isnt familiar, his story is, thanks to the movie midnight express. Jim cornette on how dusty rhodes booked the nwa tag. The smark retro repost rf video shoot interview with jim. Jim cornette and midnight express on the mic youtube. Dennis condrey of the midnight express on fans remembering them 35 years later, how he, bobby eaton, and jim cornette ended up together, nearly jumping to wwe.
After replays of the finish we see a promo for the debuting nwa main event. Starring brad davis, irene miracle, bo hopkins, paolo bonacelli, paul smith, randy quaid, norbert weisser, john hurt, mike kellin, franco diogene, michael ensign, gigi. Jim cornette on jim herd burying the midnight express duration. The easiest way to listen to podcasts on your iphone, ipad, android, pc, smart speaker and even in your car. Jim cornette and the midnight express attack baby doll. While billy engaged in consensual sex with other prisoners. The 25th anniversary of arguably the best tag team in nwa wrestling history. Cornette and the midnight express debuted on midsouth television on november 23, 1983.
By chance a friend mentioned this book whilst we were talking about the film midnight run excellent film out of that confusion he mentioned he read and saw midnight express. In the movie billy was alone in turkey when he is arrested. Bonus and adfree content available with stitcher premium. So far this is the only story i have found by this author. Tag team champions beautiful bobby and sweet stan the midnight express. This is the vivid and eyeopening autobiography of student dropout billy hayes, who relates his years from 197075 in the prisons of turkey, where he was. The climatecontrolled, custom built vault at castle cornette contains the result of nearly 50 years of collecting cool stuff. Jim cornette and the midnight express attacking baby doll was one of the most. In 1970 billy hayes was an english major who left college in search of adventures to write. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
The midnight express and jim cornette 25th anniversary scrapbook. The midnight express was a professional wrestling tag team of changing members, mostly under the management of jim cornette. An anthology of true stories, these insider tales will show the lengths that wrestlers went to uphold kayfabethe old carny term for keeping secret the illusions of a rigged game, fight, or situationas well as the noteworthy cultural, racial, and economic. In following weeks, the midnight express and cornette attacked and bloodied watts leading him to. In honor of their 35th anniversary, we are rereleasing a limited number of the express 25th anniversary reunion photos, personally autographed by bobby. After the first few weeks in the territory the team faced the midsouth tag team champions magnum t. Midnight express by alan parker alan parker, brad davis. According to sid feders wrestling fans book, the two women once drew a crowd of over 18,000 in the river city. The midnight express and jim cornette 25th anniversary.
Two years later came midnight express, based on his book, starring brad davis as a narcissistic, selfcentered hayes, and translating the story into a passion play of violence, sexuality, morality and indignation. November 9, 2017 direct link to listendownload top storiesmoments of interest jims opinion on the bruce prichardpuff daddy another classic cornette political promo a true wealth of stories and information on pretelevision wrestling stars recap 0. The real gem of the book are the letters from fans, expressing their extreme dislike to put it mildly of the midnight express and jim cornette. When hayes, only 54 days short of his promised freedom, is given a new 30year sentence. Columbia pictures presents a casablanca filmworks production an alan parker film midnight express after this, the opening prologue text reads the following is based on a true story. Jesse was waiting by a running pickup truck with baby doll behind the wheel. I believe it was to be a black version of the little red express truck except it had a 440 instead of the 360, i did read somewhere it had a 400ci but most reports say 440. Listen to jim cornette experience episodes free, on demand.
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