Blow [Blu-ray]

Blow [Blu-ray]
by Ted Demme

Blow [Blu-ray]

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Actor: Franka Potente, Johnny Depp, Paul Reubens, Penelope Cruz, Rachel Griffiths
Director: Ted Demme
Brand: NEW Line Home Video
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 123 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2010-07-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: New Line Home Video
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There?s no money in a ?real job.? So George Jung deals pot. Lots of it. The blue-collar kid dubbed Boston George spirals up from there, into the riches and excesses of the huge cocaine cartels. And crashes hard. Johnny Depp portrays George, the ambitious outlaw who, perhaps more than any American, transformed powder cocaine from relative obscurity in the U.S. into a 1970s/80s feeding frenzy. Penel

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Blu-ray Review: Great movie about a truly wicked person
Summary: 4 Stars

Fabulously acted and completely worth the time and money. I loved this movie. It's a little like the book "Lolita" though - you have to pay attention to realize quite how awful Jung is and infer the countless lives he has ended and ruined because of his "WTF" attitude to making more money than he (literally) knows what to do with. All the actors are superb, and I was riveted throughout. I will now go an read the book that it was based on.

Warning - spoilers follow about some of the history, though I don't think it will affect your enjoyment.

Jung comes across as a very likeable guy, and according to the real George Jung in the commentary Depp nails his portrayal to an almost scary degree. What is also horrifying in the extras is how the director's genuine liking for the real George Jung seems to have completely removed his compassion for George's victims. A 25 minute long, subtitled, tame, and somewhat confused documentary on the Colombian drug story does little to redress the balance. On the commentary Jung manages to contradict and indict himself all in about 30 seconds when he actually blames the *parents* of the kids doing drugs, rather than his committed partnership with Escobar to "invent" cocaine for the US. Comparisons with "Scarface" are inevitable and though most of the story is different, the understanding that there really are people out there like this, that they are not *too* different from the rest of us, but they have something very important that is missing, broken, or deeply corrupted is very valuable.

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Description of Blow [Blu-ray]

Synopsis:
Item Type: BLU-RAY DVD Movie
Item Rating: R
Street Date: 09/23/08
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
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