Blow Out (1981)
Blow Out (1981)


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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 / Writer

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
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Details.
Release DateJuly 24, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Content RatingR
Budget$18,000,000
Box Office$12,000,000
Filming LocationsPhiladelphia, United States
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Blow Out is a 1981 American independent 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.
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