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Blow (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 571

Fresh: 470

Rotten:101

Average Rating: 7.0/10

Consensus: With elements that seem borrowed from movies like Goodfellas and Boogie Nights, Blow is pretty much been-there-done-that despite another excellent performance from Johnny Depp. It, also, becomes too sentimental at the end.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for pervasive drug content and language, some violence and sexuality

Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release: Apr 6, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $52,765,901

Synopsis: George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on the beach, where he finds he can make a... George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on the beach, where he finds he can make a living selling drugs. Soon George's drug dealing business expands into shipping drugs across the country. Needing a bigger supply of drugs, he travels to Columbia and meets Pablo Escobar (Cliff Curtis). Before long, George becomes the biggest trafficker of cocaine in the United States. In BLOW, director Ted Demme and scriptwriters Nick Cassevetes and David McKenna chart George's strange course into a world of girls and sun, drugs and fun. It's all so easy until events change George's life forever. Depp gives one of his best performances as George, instilling the character with a complicated mixture of emotions. For the supporting roles, Demme's eccentric casting includes German actress Franka Potente as George's girlfriend; Spanish actress Penélope Cruz as his wife; Australian actress Rachel Griffiths (who in real life is five years younger than Depp) as his withering mother; and Paul Reubens (in an excellent performance) as a hairdresser-cum-drug dealer. [More]

Starring: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Jordi Molla, Franka Potente

Starring: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Jordi Molla, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Ray Liotta, Ethan Suplee, Paul Reubens, Max Perlich, Jamie King, Emma Roberts

Director: Ted Demme

Director: Ted Demme
Screenwriter: Nick Cassavetes, David McKenna
Producer: Joel Stillerman, Denis Leary, Ted Demme
Studio: New Line Cinema

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Release:

Sep 11, 2001

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Documentary - 1. LOST PARADISE: COCAINE'S IMPACT ON COLOMBIA
  • 2. ADDICTION: BODY AND SOUL
  • Production Interviews - 1. George Jung - Subject
  • Audio Commentary - 1. Ted Demme - Director, George Jung - Subject
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Outtakes
  • Optional Subtitle Track - 1. Facts and Trivia
  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical
  • 2. Teaser
  • Music Video - 1. Nikka Costa - PUSH AND PULL

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Essay - 1. Production Diary
  • Filmographies - 1. Cast & Crew

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