Blow

Blow

  • Director: Ted Demme
  • Writer: Bruce Porter,David McKenna,Nick Cassavetes
  • Countries of origin: United States, Mexico
  • Language: English
  • Release date: April 6, 2001
  • Runtime: 2h 4min
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Blow: One Man's Life
  • "Blow" is a biopic released by the New Line Film Company of the United States, directed by Ted Demi, starring Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz Sánchez , and was released in the United States on April 6, 2001.
    Based on a true story, the film tells the life of George Jung, a major American drug smuggler in the 1970s. 

    Details

    • Release date April 6, 2001
    • Filming locations Ontario International Airport - 2900 E. Airport Drive, Ontario, California, USA
    • Production companies Apostle, Avery Pix, New Line Cinema

    Box office

    Budget

    $53,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $52,990,775

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $12,443,461

    Gross worldwide

    $83,282,296

    Movie reviews

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    • By Preston 2022-04-19 09:01:30

      This is how one's life should be spent...

      After watching the film, I suddenly recalled this sentence from Ostrovsky, haha.
        In the film, the big drug lord said in the tape to his father, father, you are right, money is not all... The nose is a little sore.
        It's a common topic. The plot of this film seems to be a little loose. For love, family, and friendship, the portrayal is a bit blunt. The signs of the performance are greater than the use of emotions, but Depp plays the drug lord from childhood to old age (old to a big...

    • By Ernestina 2022-04-19 09:01:30

      The highest state of karate

      Watching commercial movies is indeed a relaxing entertainment, at least compared to boring movies that make people headache. The thought-provoking story of the literary film, the hidden hint, the jumping story, the boring long shot, I always regret not taking two aspirin in advance when I see it, and what's more - the love of Hiroshima , the rough picture kept changing, the pale light kept flickering, I didn't hold on to it for 20 minutes, and I wanted to vomit. Fortunately, this doesn't happen...

    • By Rosetta 2022-04-19 09:01:30

      scattered center

      At that time, the young and handsome depp and the fascinating Penelope, but the film is scattered and the center is unclear.
      The father-son relationship and the father-daughter relationship are well performed. Depp recorded his words to the dying father on the tape recorder. It was a great scene and it was instigated...
      But this film seems to be a drug lord story in the first half. It was well done. Very nostalgic, quite a bit like "Scarface" back in the day, but the second half...

    • By Alden 2022-04-19 09:01:30

      all wrongdoers

      In the last scene of the film, George's sad smile is the most impressive.
          Of course, I was thinking, why would George be a tragedy?
          I think there's one reason for this - key people in George's life were wrong people.

                *Dad: This is the person George respects and loves the most.
                But we still remember what George's father said when George was arrested: "You (the police) are only rationed for my son to wear shoes." And the moment when George was...

    • By Brown 2022-03-21 09:01:28

      Happy half life, a dream of Huangliang

      In the first half of his prosperous life, the great drug lord George Jung earned so much money that he had nowhere to put it aside. He has always been afraid that his marriage will become like his parents, and in the end... it's not as good as his parents. George's life is undoubtedly tragic, and the source of all this is his mother, an eventful woman who is ignorant and sloppy, but it is even more unfortunate that he married a woman who only recognized money but not people. ....

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    • By Linnea 2023-03-05 12:50:07

      Not very interested in the legendary life of the drug lord, just to see Uncle Depp, he is not handsome in it, so...

    • By Cyrus 2023-02-06 00:50:16

      Watching with the expectations of "Lord of War" is much worse than "Lord of...

    • By Krystina 2022-04-24 07:01:03

      Money is not real, it only seems to...

    • By Hillard 2022-04-24 07:01:03

      Basically, except for the first few minutes, it has been a tragedy, especially at the end, it is really sad, and there are still many differences with the king of...

    • By Michel 2022-04-24 07:01:03

      George's life is like a dream, like an...

    Movie plot

    George Jung (Johnny Depp) is the son of a construction worker. He is unwilling to inherit his father’s career and continue to be a blue-collar. With dreams and ambitions, Jung came to California. At first, the marijuana business allowed him to live a life of worry-free, free and comfortable life, but Jung's ambition was far from what this life could satisfy, he needed a more challenging career. After an "offense", he met Diego Degardo...(
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    Evaluation action

    The film does not flow into simple gun battles, car battles, rushing, good and evil, condemnation, vanity, and perversion. It is more like a life diary written by a sad man: there is sin and childhood, indulgence and first love, conspiracy and betrayal. There are arrogance and regret, invulnerable paranoia, and soft sorrow. (Southern Metropolis Daily Review) 
    The overall film structure of "American Narcotics" is relatively loose. The...
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    Movie quotes

    • Ermine Jung: [to George as he is being arrested] You think people don't know you're a drug dealer. Everyone knows, its no secret. Every time I go out I'm humiliated. So you go to jail. It's for your own good. You need to straighten your life out. What are you looking at Mrs. Gracie, your son's no prize.

    • Mirtha Jung: We are broke, that is my fucking problem and you are a fucking spy. That's right. Always spyin', always judgin'. Everyone's laughing in your face, you fucking pussy. You let Diego fuck you in the ass. Maybe because you like it, maybe because you're a fucking faggot. That's what I think you are. I think you are really fuckin' him cause you're not fucking me. Why's that? Why? Why don't you fuck me anymore? Don't you ever touch me again, motherfucker! Don't ever put your hands on me again, asshole! Get your hands off me.

      [Mirtha is carried out of the car by police]

      Mirtha Jung: He's a fugitive and a fucking cocaine dealer! He's got a kilo in his trunk right now!

    • Mirtha Jung: [over the phone through bullet proof glass in prison] I'm divorcin' you George. I am getting custody of Kristina. And when you get out next week, you're gonna pay support and that's the end of it. There is someone else. I did not think you would want to know but I wanted to tell you. Say something.

      George: What do you want me to say? I'm in prison. You should know you're the one who put me in here.

      Mirtha Jung: I knew you would say something like that. Always thinkin' about yourself.