Blow Movie Review 2001

Memorable, visually stunning, true story of cocaine entrepreneur George Jung features, at its best, stellar performances (especially from Reubens, Cruz, and Depp), and at its worst, a "Goodfellas" meets "Traffic" familiarity. Epic follows Jung (Depp) from his humble New England beginnings through his California surfer-bum days, to his rise and fall as America's biggest cocaine pipeline of the '70s and '80s without judging him or his lifestyle, although it does tend to sympathize with his family issues with mom, dad, and his own child.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 124 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Drug Use & Abuse, Period Piece: 1970s, Period Piece: 1980s, L.A., Smuggler's Blues, True Stories, This Is Your Life, Parenthood, Men in Prison

Screenplay

David McKenna, Nick Cassavetes

Cast

Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Jordi Molla, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Ray Liotta, Ethan Suplee, Paul (Pee-wee Herman) Reubens, Max Perlich, Clifford Curtis, Miguel (Michael) Sandoval, Kevin Gage, Jesse James, Dan Ferro, Emma Roberts, Bob(cat) Goldthwait, Jaime (James) King

Cinematography

Ellen Kuras

Director

Ted (Edward) Demme

Music

Graeme Revell

Other

Allan Byer, Amanda Scheer Demme, Kevin Tent, David Ensle, Bernardo Trujillo, Mark Bridges

Producer

Ted Demme, Joel Stiller, Denis Leary, Apostle Pictures, Spanky Pictures, New Line Cinema