Blow

Blow

based on a true story

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Release Date

4/4/2001

Runtime

124 mins

Overview

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$53,000,000

Revenue

$83,300,000

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A propulsive true-crime biography that traces one man's seductive rise through the drug trade and his inevitable, brutal fall, watched with the slow-burning dread of knowing exactly where it's heading.

Mood

BleakTenseWistfulParanoid

Themes

AmbitionAddictionFamilyComing apart

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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