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Blow Out

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Blow Out

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Summary

Thriller starring John Travolta and Nancy Allen. Movie sound man Jack Terry records a car accident while working on a horror film. He manages to rescue the female passenger from a river, but cannot save the driver, who he later learns was a leading politician. When his recording reveals the unmistakeable sound of a gunshot, Jack begins to suspect that the crash was no accident.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Alan Jones

Long before he starred in Pulp Fiction, John Travolta's best role was here in Brian De Palma's audio version of Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup. It's laced with the director's usual quota of Hitchcockian black humour and startling suspense, and Travolta is marvellous as the cheesy horror flick sound-effects man who accidentally tapes events leading to the drowning of a presidential candidate. Nothing is what it seems in a paranoid mystery that's overflowing with De Palma's trademark high style and cinematic technique right up until the knockout, downbeat ending.

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7.4/10

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Cast

rolenameJack TerryJohn TravoltaSally BadinaNancy AllenBurkeJohn LithgowManny KarpDennis FranzDetective MackeyJohn AquinoSamPeter BoydenDonahueCurt MayLawrence HenryJohn McMartinHookerDeborah EvertonDetective at hospitalJ Patrick McNamara

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rolenameDirectorBrian De Palma

Details

Theatrical distributor

United Artists Corp. Ltd

Languages

English

Guidance

Contains violence, swearing and nudity.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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