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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.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Ted Demme
- 2001-04-06
It is based on the real-life stories of U.S. drug trafficker George Jung (played by Johnny Depp) and his connections including narcotics kings Pablo Escobar and Carlos Lehder Rivas (portrayed in the film as Diego Delgado), and the Medellín Cartel.
Apr 23, 2023 · Updated June 7, 2023. After serving prison time for smuggling marijuana, "Boston George" Jung graduated to cocaine and helped make Pablo Escobar the wealthiest drug lord in the world. Few drug dealers have ever had the same level of connections, charisma, and influence as American drug smuggler George Jung.
May 9, 2021 · The cocaine smuggler George Jung at a screening of “Blow,” a movie about his life, in 2018. “I don’t call myself a gangster,” he once said. “I’m an outlaw.” Greg Doherty/Getty Images. By...
Mar 1, 2024 · By: Desiree Bowie | Mar 1, 2024. The real story of the "Blow" protagonist has as many twists and turns as the movie version. posteriori / Getty Images. The life story of George Jung reads like a high-stakes thriller, tracing the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of one of the most infamous drug smugglers in the history of the United States.
- Desiree Bowie
May 5, 2021 · George Jung, the drug trafficker whose story was told in the 2001 Johnny Depp -led crime biographical crime film Blow, has died. He was 78. Jung's death was confirmed on his...
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In prison, he meets a cell-mate who introduces him into a partnership to the lucrative new market in cocaine. Upon release, George Jung quickly becomes instrumental in establishing the exploding US market for cocaine in which he claimed that he handled about 85% of the supply in the 1970s.
