Blow Out

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 48m
  • 86

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Brian De Palma

Producer:

George Litto

Writer:

Bill Mesce Jr.

Release Date:

Jul 24, 1981

Runtime:

1hr 48m

Synopsis

A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

Cast

  • John Travolta
  • Nancy Allen
  • John Lithgow
  • Dennis Franz
  • Peter Boyden
  • Curt May
  • John Aquino
  • John McMartin
  • Deborah Everton
  • J. Patrick McNamara

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Metacritic

86
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Based on 15 Critics
7.8

USER SCORE (42)

Generally favorable reviews based on 42 Reviews
80

This 1981 release is one of Brian De Palma's more interesting and better-made thrillers, though it's even more abjectly derivative than his Hitchcock imitations (borrowing mightily this time from Antonioni's Blowup, as the title suggests).

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Metacritic review by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
91

A conspiracy thriller as euphorically entertaining as it is devastatingly bleak.

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Metacritic review by Jordan Raup
Jordan Raup
The Film Stage
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