That's the way it is.
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Billy Hayes:
So, now it's time for me to speak. What is there for me to say? When I finish, you'll sentence me for my crime. So, let me ask you now: what is a crime? What is punishment? It seems to vary from time to time, place to place. What's legal today is, suddenly, illegal tomorrow; because, some society says it's so. And what's illegal yesterday, is, suddenly, legal; because, everybody's doing it and - you can't put everybody in jail. I'm not saying this is right or wrong. I'm just saying: that's the way it is.
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So now it's time for me to speak
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What is there for me to say
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When I finish you'll sentence me for my crime
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So let me ask you now
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What is a crime
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What is a punishment
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It seems to vary from time to time and place to place
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What's legal today is suddenly illegal tomorrow
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because some society says it's so
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What's illegal is suddenly legal because everybody's doing it
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You can't put everybody in jail
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I'm not saying this is right or wrong
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I'm just saying that's the way it is
Clip duration: 57 seconds
Views: 133
Timestamp in movie: 01h 06m 47s
Uploaded: 07 December, 2022
Genres: drama, crime
Summary: Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
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00:19 It looks like a cheap hotel The room service is lousy
00:18 Dear Susan 1970 has now passed into 1971
00:34 The best thing to do is to get your ass out of here
00:31 Prosecutor
00:45 Like that
00:56 Where are you going
00:22 And I think I've paid for my error
00:18 Dear Susan
00:30 He was caught stealing from a mosque
00:10 I find loneliness is the physical pain which hurts all over
00:46 I think so
00:24 And that's under
01:04 I hate flying
00:54 For a nation of pigs
00:42 You decided to fly at a bad time
00:25 This cab driver
00:20 A girlfriend
02:43 Over the roof
00:25 There are no straight lawyers in Turkey
00:14 I've been here a very