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Blow Out

Cast

John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz View All


Crew

Brian De Palma (Screenplay), Brian De Palma (Director), Bill Mesce Jr. (Screenplay) View All

Release: Jul. 24th, 1981
Runtime: 1 hour, 48 minutes
Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. 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. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and expose the truth, he does not know whom he can trust.
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Thief
De Palma also uses some neat camera tricks like a revolving camera in a particularly tense scene for Terry, or a high crane shot in, well, a particularly tense scene for Sally.
Iroquois
Blow Out is a solid little thriller that has enough interesting twists and turns to keep things turning and manages to compensate for some weak characterisation with all sorts of visual and, perhaps more importantly, audial flair.
Sexy Celebrity
The movie begins with a movie within a movie -- the current horror film project that Jack is working on.
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