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7.4While 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.
Released: 1981-07-24108 minDir: Brian De PalmaCrime, Mystery, ThrillerBudget: $18.0MBox office: $12.0M
Cast
- John Travolta as Jack Terry
- Nancy Allen as Sally Badina
- John Lithgow as Burke
- Dennis Franz as Manny Karp
- Peter Boyden as Sam
- John Aquino as Det. Mackey
Themes
- philadelphia, pennsylvania
- hitman
- presidential election
- politics
- audio tape
- paranoia
- faithlessness
- yell
- conspiracy
- tape recorder
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- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 907867
- Image
- 30th Street Station Philly.JPG
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- publication date
- 1982-05-07
- title
- Blow Out
- review score
- 86/100
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1980s mystery thriller films1980s political thriller films1980s psychological thriller films1981 American films1981 crime thriller films1981 English-language films1981 films1981 independent filmsAmerican crime thriller filmsAmerican detective filmsAmerican independent filmsAmerican mystery thriller filmsAmerican neo-noir filmsAmerican police detective filmsAmerican political thriller filmsAmerican serial killer filmsEnglish-language crime thriller filmsEnglish-language independent filmsEnglish-language mystery thriller filmsFictional portrayals of the Philadelphia Police DepartmentFilms about conspiracy theoriesFilms about contract killingFilms about filmmakingFilms about hoaxes