Blow Out (1981)

Directed by Brian De Palma

Blow Out movie poster

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.

Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Crime

Language: en

Production

Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond · Composer: Pino Donaggio · Editor: Paul Hirsch · Production Design: Paul Sylbert

Production: Cinema 77

Budget: $18.0M

5 screenings currently listed

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