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Blow Out is a 1981 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars John Travolta as Jack Terry, a movie sound effects technician from Philadelphia who, while recording sounds for a low-budget slasher film, unintentionally captures audio evidence of an assassination involving a presidential hopeful.
Jul 24, 1981 · Blow Out: Directed by Brian De Palma. With John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz. A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terri (John Travolta) stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes...
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Blow Out. Roger Ebert January 01, 1981. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. There are times when "Blow Out" resembles recent American history trapped in the "Twilight Zone." Episodes are hauntingly familiar, and yet seem slightly askew.
A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger. This stylish Brian De Palma thriller plays off the theme of the unsuspecting witness who discovers a crime and is thereby put in grave danger, but with a novel twist.
Blow Out. In the enthralling Blow Out, brilliantly crafted by Brian De Palma, John Travolta gives one of his greatest performances, as a film sound-effects man who believes he has accidentally recorded a political assassination.
BLOW OUT (1981) Trailer - The Criterion Collection. Out on Blu-ray and DVD on April 26th, 2011! Learn more: http://www.criterion.com/films/27561 In the enthralling Blow Out, brilliantly...
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.
Blow Out - Metacritic. 1981. R. Filmways Pictures. 1 h 48 m. Summary A movie sound recordist (John Travolta) accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually an intentional killing and consequently finds himself in jeopardy. Crime. Drama. Mystery.
Blow Out (1981) is a marriage of the two, a thriller that spins themes and events from political crimes and scandals into a tense conspiracy thriller steeped in political cynicism, moral corruption and bureaucratic complicity. John Travolta stars in the film as Jack Terry, a sound technician working on low-budget horror movies.
