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Blow Out

R
Movie
1981
1h 48m
English
Thriller, Mystery, Crime
Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his movies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and expose the truth, he does not know whom he can trust.
Rating
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7.6
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Blow Out (1981) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
87

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John Travolta
Jack Terry
Nancy Allen
Sally Badina
Dennis Franz
Manny Karp
John Aquino
Det. Mackey
John McMartin
Lawrence Henry
J Patrick McNamara
Detective at Hospital
Roger Wilson
Coed Lover
Missy Cleveland
Coed Lover
Curt May
Donahue
Barbara Sigel
Girl Lover
Roberto Lombardi
Train Passenger
Missy Crutchfield
Dancing Coed
Cindy Manion
Dancing Coed
Marcy Bigelman
Ecstatic Coed
Ann Kelly
Studious Coed
Dean Bennett
Campus Guard
Dave Roberts
Anchorman
Claire Carter
Anchorwoman
Directed By: Brian De Palma
Written By: Brian De Palma

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moonkodi says...
8 years ago
If you don't think too much about the logic and lack of police investigation and go with the story it's not a bad movie. The beginning gives away the end. Not many twists for a thriller but small jigsaw pieces put together. Travolta is good in it. It's about using the media to cover up political error. A type of conspiracy.
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great_vc says...
9 years ago
Very good packed thriller by De Palma who is great in the directing of this film
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jarvis-13427377 says...
10 months ago
BLOW OUT IS A ACTION CRIME DRAMA HORROR MYSTERY SUSPENSE THRILLER MOVIE STARRING FROM GREASE, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, URBAN COWBOY AND PULP FICTION JOHN TRAVOLTA FROM THE TV SERIES WELCOME BACK KOTTER, ROBOCOP NANCY ALLEN, CLIFFHANGER AND RAISING CAIN JOHN LITHGOW AND NYPD BLUE DENNIS FRANZ AND IN THE TRADITION OF BLOW-UP, THE CONVERSATION, THREE DAYS OF CONDOR, THE PARALLAX VIEW, NO WAY OUT, YEAR OF THE GUN, IN THE LINE OF FIRE, SHADOW CONSPIRACY, THE PELICAN BRIEF, MURDER AT 1600, ABSOLUTE POWER, EXECUTIVE POWER AND THE INTERPRETER AND I RENTED ON VIDEO. FROM BRIAN DE PALMA FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE WEDDING PARTY, HI, MOM!, SISTERS, OBSESSION, CARRIE, THE FURY, DRESSED TO KILL, SCARFACE, BODY DOUBLE, WISE GUYS, THE UNTOUCHABLES, CASUALTIES OF WAR, THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES, RAISING CAIN, CARLITO’S WAY, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, SNAKE EYES, MISSION TO MARS, FEMME FATALE, THE BLACK DAHLIA, REDACTED, PASSION AND DOMINIO. BRIAN DE PALMA IS A MASTERPIECE GENRES OF ACTION ADVENTURE MOVIES, COMEDY MOVIES, CRIME MYSTERIES MOVIES, HORROR MOVIES, SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES AND THRILLER MOVIES. BLOW OUT IS A STYLISH THRILLER HAS MADE OF HITCHCOCKRIAN MOVIE.
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OffbeatParadox says...
2 years ago
**Entertaining from start to finish. Loved this.** Excellent pacing and great camera work. Also, the rapid closeups involving the editing and splicing of footage helped to visualize the investigation process.
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KurtMoney
CONTAINS SPOILERS10/10  8 years ago
AMAZING MOVIE. This was just unbelievable. Ten years ago when I was deep into my snobby, French New Wave phase in film school I watched Blow-Up and loved it. Further digging revealed that John Travolta was in an American remake of it. NEVER, I said. I WILL NEVER WATCH THAT FILTH. What an idiot I am. More
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drqshadow
7/10  2 years ago
While out late at the park, capturing ambient sounds for a low-budget slasher movie, a young audio engineer (John Travolta) accidentally records a fatal automobile accident. He’s able to rescue the passenger, a delirious young woman, but the driver is left DOA at the bottom of a lake. We’ll soon More
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John Chard
6 years ago
Superior entry on De Palma's CV.

Brian De Palma has always gotten a bad rap for his penchant for essaying his heroes and favourite thrillers, what often gets forgotten is just how great he could be in crafting said thrillers.

Blow Out has John Travolta as a sound engineer for low budget horro More
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Wuchak
3 years ago
_**Colorful De Palma crime mystery with Travolta and Lithgow**_

A sound effects man in Philadelphia (John Travolta) obtains evidence that a fatal accident involving the governor wasn’t really an accident, which thrusts him into danger with shady characters. John Lithgow, Dennis Franz and Nancy More
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