Product Information
The story of George Jung who was instrumental in the explosion of the US market for cocaine in the 1970s. Despite his wealth and power the true cost of his ways eventually catches up with him...Product Identifiers
ProducerTed Demme, Denis Leary, Joel Stillerman
EAN5017239191145
eBay Product ID (ePID)3950104
Product Key Features
ActorPaul Reubens, Johnny Depp, Rachel Griffiths, Franka Potente, Penelope Cruz
Film/TV TitleBlow
DirectorTed Demme
LanguageEnglish
Run Time122 Mins
FormatDVD
Release Year2001
FeaturesInterview - George Jung\Documentaries\Audio Commentary\Outtakes\Deleted Scenes\Music Video\Optional Subtitle Track - Facts and Trivia\Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical\Production Diary\Filmographies
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ReviewsNew York Times - ...[Depp's] witty, spare performance gives the picture a poignancy....Mr. Demme's storytelling is quick and engaging..., Rolling Stone - BLOW will knock your eyes out! Smart, sexy, funny and dangerous!, Cosmopolitan - ...Completely brilliant...
Additional InformationGeorge 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.<BR>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 Penelope 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.
ScreenwriterDavid McKenna, Nick Cassavetes
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleBlow
Director of PhotographyEllen Kuras