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Blow is a 2001 American biographical crime drama film directed by Ted Demme, about an American cocaine kingpin and his international network. David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes adapted Bruce Porter's 1993 book Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All [2] for the screenplay.
Apr 6, 2001 · Blow: Directed by Ted Demme. With Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths. The story of how George Jung, along with the Medellín Cartel headed by Pablo Escobar, established the American cocaine market in the 1970s in the United States.
- (275K)
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Ted Demme
- 2001-04-06
Apr 6, 2001 · Penélope Cruz. Mirtha Jung. Franka Potente. Barbara Buckley. Rachel Griffiths. Ermine Jung. Paul Reubens. Derek Foreal. Watchlist. In the turbulence of the 1970s, the international drug trade...
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- Ted Demme
- R
- Johnny Depp
Synopsis. The film opens to a young George (Jesse James) and his parents Fred (Ray Liotta) and Ermine (Rachel Griffiths). Fred files for bankruptcy and loses everything. Fred tries to instill George with a belief that money is not important.
Apr 6, 2001 · Nick Cassavetes. David McKenna. "Blow" stars Johnny Depp in a biopic about George Jung, a man who claims that in the late 1970s he imported about 85 percent of all the cocaine in America. That made him the greatest success story in drugs, an industry that has inspired more movies than any other.
Blow gives us a fast-paced look at the quick rise and fall of George Jung who became a premier importer of Colombian cocaine, forever changing the face of drugs in America. 6,984 IMDb 7.5 2 h 3 min 2001. X-Ray R. Drama · Action · Biting · Intense.
