Midnight Express - which ending is right?

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The film "Midnight Express' ...


Can anyone tell me which was the proper ending, or if one was an alternative ending?


(1) he steels the guards uniform and escapes through a side door
(2) his girlfriend wears in a second set of clothes, and he escapes dressed as a woman


I seem to be able to "confirm" (1) from http://www.prisonflicks.com/reviews.php?filmID=61 but can't find anything to backup the second one.

Any ideas anyone?

Thrill

This is the original ending.
(1) he steels the guards uniform and escapes through a side door.


This film is based on the true life story of Billy Hayes.

These sites discusses the differences between the Hollywood movie and the book which was writen by Hayes himself.

http://www.theprisonfilmproject.com/prisonfilmanalysis/filmlist/midnightexpress.htm

http://www.tallarmeniantale.com/MidnightExpress.htm


Main points:

* In the movie Billy Hayes is in Turkey with his girlfriend, whereas he was alone in the original story. Nevertheless, in the movie, the love story is a main dramatic driving force.

* The rape scenes are also fictional. Billy Hayes never claimed to be raped by his Turkish wardens or that he ever suffered any sexual violence. He did engage in consensual sex, which was omitted from the film.

* Billy Hayes never bit out anyone's tongue.

* The endings of the cinematographic and literary versions of Midnight Express differ from one another. While in the narrative, the protagonist is moved to another prison from which he escaped by sea, in the movie this passage has been replaced by a violent scene in which he murders the warden-in-chief.




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Custodian

This is the ending i remember from the film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lADwEw8He1k