Blow Out (1981)

Review: Blow Out (1981)

Director: Brian De Palma

Cast: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, Peter Boyden,

John Travolta
John Travolta
Nancy Allen
Nancy Allen
John Lithgow
John Lithgow
Dennis Franz
Dennis Franz
Peter Boyden
Peter Boyden

Plot: Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his movies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and expose the truth, he does not know whom he can trust.

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Recent Viewing part 3: brief notes

Recent Viewing part 3: brief notes

Two years after writing The Wild Bunch (1969), Walon Green teamed up with respected documentary producer David L. Wolper for one of the oddest films ever to win an Academy Award. The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971), although it got the Oscar for best […]

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