Overview:
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.| Status: | Released (1981-07-24) |
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| Awards: | 2 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $12,000,000 |
| Screen: | Brian De Palma, Bill Mesce Jr. |
| Productions: | Cinema 77, Filmways Pictures, Geria Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 8891: John Travolta - Jack Terry
- 44038: Nancy Allen - Sally Badina
- 12074: John Lithgow - Burke
- 11901: Dennis Franz - Manny Karp
- 73513: Peter Boyden - Sam
- 73515: John Aquino - Det. Mackey
- 13728: John McMartin - Lawrence Henry
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- 14138: Pino Donaggio - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 10766: Paul Hirsch - Editor - Editing
- 67877: George Litto - Producer - Production
- 11789: Fred C. Caruso - Executive Producer - Production
- 1150: Brian De Palma - Director - Directing
- 12235: Vilmos Zsigmond - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1902322: Brian L. McCarty - Boom Operator - Sound
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Reviews
John Chard
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Superior entry on De Palma's CV. Brian De Palma has always gotten a bad rap for his penchant for essaying his heroes and favourite thrillers, what often gets forgotten is just how great he could be in crafting said thrillers. Blow Out has John Travolta as a sound engineer for l ....
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_**Colorful De Palma crime mystery with Travolta and Lithgow**_ A sound effects man in Philadelphia (John Travolta) obtains evidence that a fatal accident involving the governor wasn’t really an accident, which thrusts him into danger with shady characters. John Lithgow, Dennis Fr ....
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This is one I've watched a few times over the years and it's still great with each viewing. John Travolta and Nancy Allen give great performances and although it's not one of these thrill-a-minute films, it still maintains the suspense throughout. It's one of the gems for Brian De Pa ....
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