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Blow Out

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Blow Out (1981)

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Reviews Counted: 27

Fresh: 25

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 7.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: While outdoors recording sound effects for a movie, audio technician Jack Terri hears a tire blowout and a car crash. Before the car sinks into the river, he manages to save the female passenger from drowning. Because the other passenger... While outdoors recording sound effects for a movie, audio technician Jack Terri hears a tire blowout and a car crash. Before the car sinks into the river, he manages to save the female passenger from drowning. Because the other passenger was a presidential candidate, Jack suspects that the "accident" was a political murder. Afterwards, Jack falls in love with Sally, the woman he rescued, and learns that she's been in cahoots with Manny, a sleazy photographer who's operating a blackmail scheme. As part of their scam, Manny photographs Sally with important men in what appear to be compromising situations. Jack starts to wonder whether he's being paranoid or whether things are not quite what they seem. Then the assassin turns his attention to Jack and Sally, and Jack has to use every special effects trick in the book to keep them both alive. [More]

Starring: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz

Starring: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, Peter Boyden, John McMartin

Director: Brian De Palma

Director: Brian De Palma
Producer: George Litto
Composer: Pino Donaggio

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Release:

Aug 28, 2001

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Pan & Scan - 1.33
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Stereo - English
  • Dolby Digital Stereo - Spanish

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It’s a great movie.

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05/28/08
Pauline Kael
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Original for sure story of Travolta's movie sound effects guy recording a real murder.

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02/21/08
Steve Crum
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No review available.

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01/20/08
Cole Smithey
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Blow Out is not known as one of Brian De Palma's horror movies, but of all his films, it's the one that feels most like a nightmare.

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08/26/06
Paul Schrodt
Slant Magazine
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the filmmakers seem more concerned with their art or their in-jokes than with satisfying an audience

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07/21/06
Douglas Pratt
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06/24/06
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A well-crafted Hitchcockian-style thriller with De Palma again in top form. It's a mystery why this fizzled at the box office in the summer of 1981.

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01/24/06
Chuck O'Leary
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07/24/05
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01/07/05
Philip Martin
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One of Travlota's best performances. "Great scream."

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01/01/05
Michael A. Smith
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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
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10/08/04
Robin Clifford
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Of all De Palma's movies, Blow Out is the one I most like to see over and over.

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10/06/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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08/30/04
Vincent Canby
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Brian DePalma's masterpiece, a wonderful movie.

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01/27/04
Blake Davis
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11/26/02
Josh Gilchrist
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Intriguing DePalma thriller

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10/17/02
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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Travolta shows he has a sense of suspense.

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09/27/02
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com
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...Blow Out is one of Brian DePalma's best films.

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09/26/02
David Nusair
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Very underrated thriller. It'll steal your breath!

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09/20/02
Clint Morris
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