| | Blow DVD (12 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Warner Store DVDs, Warner Theatrical Movies, Dramas Videos, Drugs, 1970s, Drug Dealers | | Starring | Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Max Perlich, Ethan Suplee, Rachel Griffiths, Franka Potente, Jamie King, Jordi Molla, Pee-Wee Herman | | Director | Ted Demme | | Director of Photography | Ellen Kuras | | Producer | Denis Leary, Ted Demme, Joel Stillerman | | Screenwriter | Nick Cassavetes, David McKenna |
The fast-paced true story of George Jung, a drug dealer whose rise and fall coincides with cocaine becoming the drug of choice for the rich and famous in the 1970s. George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on the beach, where he finds he can make a living selling drugs. Soon George's drug dealing business expands into shipping drugs across the country. Needing a bigger supply of drugs, he travels to Columbia and meets Pablo Escobar (Cliff Curtis). Before long, George becomes the biggest trafficker of cocaine in the United States. In BLOW, director Ted Demme and scriptwriters Nick Cassevetes and David McKenna chart George's strange course into a world of girls and sun, drugs and fun. It's all so easy until events change George's life forever.
Depp gives one of his best performances as George, instilling the character with a complicated mixture of emotions. For the supporting roles, Demme's eccentric casting includes German actress Franka Potente as George's girlfriend; Spanish actress Penélope Cruz as his wife; Australian actress Rachel Griffiths (who in real life is five years younger than Depp) as his withering mother; and Paul Reubens (in an excellent performance) as a hairdresser-cum-drug dealer. Theatrical Release: April 6, 2001
Blow Reviews: "...Vigorous direction and attention to detail....Uniformly excellent performances....Depp provides a remarkably supple performance in the lead role..."
-- Marjorie Baumgarten, Hollywood Reporter "...Intriguing....Depp's physical transformation is chilling. It's a fearless performance shorn of all movie-star vanity, and Jung emerges as a striking individual..."
-- Stephen Farber, Movieline's Hollywood Life "...Buoyant and flavorful....[With] impressive widescreen lensing..."
-- Dennis Harvey, Variety "...[Depp's] witty, spare performance gives the picture a poignancy....Mr. Demme's storytelling is quick and engaging..."
-- A. O. Scott, New York Times "...Smart, sexy, funny and dangerous, this high-wire act is a movie and a half..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...Clickety-clack pacing and inventive supporting casting....Consistently compelling..."-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...[Demme] capitalizes on his strongest assets: a knack for comedy and an ambitious taste for scale..."-- Leslie Felperin, Sight and Sound Blow | List Price | $14.96 (You save $6.11) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 2001 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  569  | | CD Universe Part number | 1975818 | | Catalog number | 5284 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 11, 2001 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | pervasive drug content and language, some sexuality and violence | | Running Time | 124 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Dolby Surround AC-3 Sound; Dolby Noise Reduction; Surround Sound; Stereo Sound; Widescreen |
Blow Movie Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Great Movie
Great Movie
Submitted by travers.miller (Chicago, IL, USA) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. Depp is a great actor
This is true story. Depp brings the charactor to life. You really get into this movie. It will blow your mind what happens. great flick
Submitted by Lee (Alabama)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. Depp is brilliant!
I highly recommend this movie to anyone who can relate to and appreciate it's theme. Depp does this movie justice and did an excellent job of portraying Jung's character.
Submitted by DeeDee (Oklahoma)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No One of the best movies ever! the story was real!!!
I saw this movie at teathers, and it just caugh me, the story, the ups and downs on it. Based on a true story, the script was written by the man that will conquer ur heart George Jung.
Sincerelly a must have, it has everything, action, drama, comedy, I mean, like the real life.
U won't regret, and the extras on the DVD are great too.
Submitted by jaimes_23 (by JMS in Coapa, Mexico City)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Johnny Depp's best ovie ever!
Blow was a really good movie it had a weird story but I enjoyed it a lot. The cast were quite good as well
with the comeback acting career of Paul Reubens (a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman). Johnny Depp as a notrious drug dealer from the sixties and seventies decade era. Did a good job portraying this type of cocaine addict hustler character
living on the edge. From some dangerous imported european druglord kingpin gangster who makes Depp an offer he can no rufuse. So for my movie review here I'm giving Johnny Depp's Blow TWO THUMBS UP!
Submitted by CDJay (Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada)
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Blow DVD Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Letterbox - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Outtakes
Deleted Scenes
Production Interviews: George Jung - Subject
Music Video: Nikka Costa - PUSH AND PULL
Optional Subtitle Track:
1. Facts and Trivia
Audio Commentary: Ted Demme - Director, George Jung - Subject
Documentary:
1. LOST PARADISE: COCAINE'S IMPACT ON COLOMBIA
2. ADDICTION: BODY AND SOUL
Trailers:
1. Original Theatrical Trailer
2. Teaser
Text/Photo Galleries:
Filmographies: Cast & Crew
Essay: Production Diary
DVD-ROM Features:
Weblinks
Script-To-Screen
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