Blow Out (1981)
Blow Out (1981)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
John Travolta
Jack Terry
Nancy Allen
Sally Badina
John Lithgow
Burke
Dennis Franz
Manny Karp
Peter Boyden
Sam
John Aquino
Det. Mackey
John McMartin
Lawrence Henry
Deborah Everton
Hooker
J. Patrick McNamara
Detective at Hospital
Roger Wilson
Coed Lover
Missy Cleveland
Coed Lover
Curt May
Donahue
Lori-Nan Engler
Sue
Barbara Sigel
Girl Lover
David De Felice
Boy Lover
Roberto Lombardi
Train Passenger
Missy Crutchfield
Dancing Coed
Cindy Manion
Dancing Coed
Marcy Bigelman
Ecstatic Coed
Ann Kelly
Studious Coed
Dean Bennett
Campus Guard
John Coppolino Jr.
Maniac
Archie Lang
Mixer
Dave Roberts
Anchorman
Claire Carter
Anchorwoman
Maurice Copeland
Jack Manners
John Hoffmeister
Governor McRyan
Thomas J. McCarthy
Policeman at Hospital
Reginald M. Wallace
Policeman at Hospital
Robert L. Penrose
Hospital Administrator
Larry Woody
Doctor
Dick McGarvin
TV Newscaster
Michael Borghese
Newsdealer
Rossana Fichera
Receptionist
James Jeter
Film Lab Man
Luddy Tramontana
Freddie Corso
Sid Doherty
Cop in Car
Milt Fields
Mobster
Bud Seese
Corrupt Captain
Maureen Sullivan
First Murder Victim
Brian Corrigan
Cop at Karp's Office
Elaine Filoon
Screamer
Robin Sherwood
Betty
Tim Choate
Sailor
B.J. Cyrus
Sailor's Friend
Dave DeAngelis
Sailor's Friend
Thomas Finn
Sailor's Friend
Tony Devon
Sailor's Friend
Henry Cohen
Ambulance Attendant
Bernie Rachelle
Ambulance Attendant
William Tarman
Security Guard
Michael Tearson
Hawker
Fred C. Caruso
Executive Producer
Brian De Palma
Director / Writer
Pino Donaggio
Original Music Composer
George Litto
Producer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Paul Hirsch
Editor
Vivian McAteer
Hairstylist
Bruce Weintraub
Set Decoration
Lyndell Quiyou
Hairstylist
James M. Tanenbaum
Sound Mixer
Dick Vorisek
Sound Supervisor
Rimas Tumasonis
Boom Operator
Carl Pagano
Cableman
Leo Lotito Jr.
Makeup Artist
David Domeyer
Special Effects
Randall Coleman
Assistant Sound Editor
Lowell Mate
Dialogue Editor
Bill Mesce Jr.
Additional Writing
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Brian L. McCarty
Boom Operator
Joe Cranzano
Makeup Artist
Calvin Joe Acord
Special Effects Supervisor
Rick Avery
Stunt Double
Joe Napolitano
First Assistant Director
Mike Pridgen
Stunts
Jeannine Oppewall
Set Designer
Rick Martens
Gaffer
Lisa Freiberger
Casting Associate
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 24, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Content RatingR
Budget$18,000,000
Box Office$12,000,000
Filming LocationsPhiladelphia, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Blow Out is a 1981 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars John Travolta as Jack Terry, a movie sound effects technician from Philadelphia who, while recording sounds for a low-budget slasher film, unintentionally captures audio evidence of an assassination involving a presidential hopeful. Nancy Allen stars as Sally Bedina, a young woman involved in the crime. The supporting cast includes John Lithgow and Dennis Franz. The film's tagline in advertisements was, "Murder has a sound all of its own".
Directly based on Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film Blowup, the film replaces the medium of photography with one of audio recording. The concept of Blow Out came to De Palma while he was working on the thriller Dressed to Kill (1980). The film was shot in the late autumn and winter of 1980 in various Philadelphia locations on a budget of $18 million.
Blow Out opened to very little audience interest at the time of release despite receiving a mostly positive critical reception. The lead performances by Travolta and Allen, the direction by De Palma and the visual style were cited as the strongest points of the film. Critics also recognised the stylistic and narrative connection to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, whom De Palma admires, and giallo films. Over the years since its initial theatrical release, it has developed status as a cult film and received a home media release by the Criterion Collection, a company which specializes in "important classic and contemporary film," which re-ignited public interest in the film. Quentin Tarantino praises De Palma as the "greatest director of his generation" and cites Blow Out as one of his three favorite films that he would take to a desert island.