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Blow is a 2001 drama film about the American cocaine smuggler George Jung, directed by Ted Demme (who later died of a cocaine related heart attack[1]). David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes adapted Bruce Porter's 1993 book Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All for the screenplay. It is based on the real life stories of George Jung, Pablo Escobar, Carlos Lehder, and the Medellín Cartel. The film's title comes from a slang term for cocaine. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...
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Ted Demme (October 26, 1963 – January 13, 2002), born in New York, New York, was an American film director and producer. ...
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Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes (born May 21, 1959) is an American actor and director. ...
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George Jacob Jung (born August 6, 1942) was a major player in cocaine importation in the United States in the 1970s and early 80s. ...
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Ted Demme (October 26, 1963 – January 13, 2002), born in New York, New York, was an American film director and producer. ...
Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes (born May 21, 1959) is an American actor and director. ...
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George Jacob Jung (born August 6, 1942) was a major player in cocaine importation in the United States in the 1970s and early 80s. ...
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria aka El Patrón (December 1, 1949 – December 2, 1993) gained world infamy as a Colombian drug dealer. ...
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The MedellÃn Cartel was a well-organized network of drug smugglers originating in the city of MedellÃn in Colombia and operating through the 1970s and 1980s. ...
Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ...
Tagline: Based on a True Story.
Plot The film opens to a young George and his parents Fred (Ray Liotta) and Ermine (Rachel Griffiths). The boy's father supports his family in Weymouth, Massachusetts by running a small plumbing company. His mother is constantly complaining that the family has no money and badgers her husband, asking him what they are going to do. Finally, despite Fred's relentless efforts to keep the family afloat, they eventually have to file for bankruptcy and lose everything. The boy decides then that he will not let the same fate befall him. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...
Ray Liotta[1] (born December 18, 1954) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor. ...
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Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Norfolk County Settled 1630 Incorporated 1635 Government - Type Mayor-council city - Mayor David M. Madden (D) Area - City 21. ...
A grown-up George (Johnny Depp) moves to Southern California with his friend "Tuna" (Ethan Suplee) and they get a beachside apartment and make friends with all the locals. They don't want to get real jobs so Tuna comes up with the idea of selling cannabis. George's new girlfriend, Barbara Buckley (Franka Potente) sets them on the path to do just that by introducing them to her friend/entrepreneur Derek Foreal (Paul Reubens), who is the main dealer in the area. With Derek's help, George and Tuna make a lot of money selling to all the people in the area. Their other friend, Kevin Dulli (Max Perlich) who is a college student back in Boston visits them while on vacation. He begins to tell George and Tuna about the shortage of quality pot and the enormous demand given all the colleges in that area. With the help of Barbara, an airline stewardess, they start bringing the drugs to Boston. Johnny Depp (born John Christopher Depp II[2] on June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky) is an Academy Award-nominated and SAG Awards-winning American actor and for his performances in the films Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Whats Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Ed Wood (1994...
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Cannabis, also known as marijuana[1] or ganja,[2] is a psychoactive product of the plant Cannabis sativa L. subsp. ...
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Max Perlich at the Hollywood premiere of New Lines Blow Character actor Max Perlich spent many years playing bit parts on television and in teen films such as Cant Buy Me Love (1987) and Lost Angels (1989); his roles usually were of the slacker or juvenile delinquent variety. ...
The demand continues to grow beyond what Barbara can carry in her suitcases twice a week to Boston. They decide to start buying the drugs directly from Mexico. They meet a few Mexican druglords and set up a system for importing the drugs via small airplanes. Things are going well, and they buy a mansion in Acapulco. The entire group relishes in the luxurious lifestyle.
George brings his now fiancee, Barbara, to meet his parents. While Fred and Ermine are bickering with each other over the manner in which George acquired the wealth to buy Barbara such a beautiful ring, Barbara gets a nosebleed and has to leave. George then proceeds on to Chicago to do business, but is caught trying to import 660 pounds of marijuana. He makes an amusing statement to the judge in an attempt to convince her that he didn't commit any real crime, but she is not amused and he is sentenced to two years. Barbara tells him she can't wait that long since she is dying of cancer. George skips bail to care for her but she eventually dies. After her death, the group breaks apart.
While hiding from the authorities George visits his parents back in Massachusetts. Both reveal that they know exactly what is going on with George's life and are less than pleased. He is having a heart to heart with his father when suddenly the police show up and arrest him. His mother has turned him in, stating that he needs to straighten his life out, which disgusts his father.
George is now sentenced to 3 years in a federal prison. His cellmate is Diego Delgado (Jordi Molla) who is involved in the cocaine trade in Colombia. He convinces George to change from pot to cocaine and when he gets out of prison, he violates parole and heads down to Colombia to meet up with Diego. They meet with Cesar Rosa, who represents Pablo Escobar, and negotiate the terms for smuggling 15 kilograms for "good faith". George isn't satisfied with the way negotiations are going because he feels that they are having to work too hard for too little money. George then goes to a hotel to pick up 50 kilos of cocaine from Escobar's men on Diego's behalf. George is accosted and told to tell Diego that he must pay them by that Friday. However, Diego quickly gets arrested and jailed in Colombia, leaving George to find a way to sell the drugs and get the money in time. He reconnects with Derek in California, and the two successfully sell all of it in 36 hours, amassing a $1 million + profit. George is then whisked off to Colombia, where he finally meets Pablo Escobar (Cliff Curtis). Jordi Mollá is an actor, film maker and artist represented by Carmen De la Guerra Gallery in Madrid and Cold Creation Gallery in Barcelona. ...
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Soon Pablo agrees to go into business with George and Diego. With the help of main middleman Derek the pair becomes Pablo's #1 importer. George narrates that at one point 85% of the cocaine going into the US came through him. He then sets up an account with a bank in Panama where he hides all his wealth.
George is living higher on the hog than ever and even marries a Colombian beauty named Mirtha (Penélope Cruz). He brings his parents to his southern California mansion. His mother's infatuation with money and nice things seems to override her previous concerns about his career choice. It's during this tour of the household that his father indicates that he's aware of how George made his fortune, but he'll look the other way since his son has become successful at it and is doing what makes him happy. His father says that even if he wanted to change things, he knows he wouldn't be able to. Penélope Cruz Sánchez (pronounced ) (born April 28, 1974, in Madrid), better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Golden Globe- and Academy Award-nominated Spanish actress. ...
George eventually meets up with Diego in order to finish a drug deal at a motel. While at the motel, Diego starts a fight with George concerning the identity of his "California Connection", Derek. During the course of the fight, the drug buyers are watching them and asking what is wrong. While George tries to calm them, Diego's erratic behavior makes them believe something is wrong and they shoot George in the shoulder. At this point, George calms the situation by saying everything is okay and he's not hurt. George and Diego finish the deal at which time George finally reveals his connection. Diego, having become increasingly paranoid and edgy from his cocaine addition, then double crosses him and deals directly with Derek, keeping George out of the loop.
When George discovers that he has been cut out of the business, he pays a visit to Diego at Norman's Cay, where he has set up his own business. After a tense dispute in which Diego insists that he is solely entitled to everything that he and George built, Diego has his men brutally beat George. Upon returning home to a very pregnant Mirtha, George decides to quit the business and live off of the $60 million he earned. However, George's cocaine addiction comes to a head when he goes into cardiac arrest in the hospital, seconds after daughter Kristina is born. Normans Cay is a small island in the Bahamas--210 miles off the Florida coast. ...
Encouraged by his doctor, George completely gives up cocaine and happily commits himself to the duties of sobreity and fatherhood. A montage of Kristina's birthday parties indicate that George is thoroughly enjoying his opportunities to bond with his daughter just as he did with his own father. Mirtha, on the other hand, appears increasingly restless and bored with this domesticated lifestyle. After 5 years of laying low and avoiding the authorities, Mirtha decides that she needs to have some fun and throws George a birthday party, inviting many of his old drug friends. Derek is there and tells George that Diego eventually double crossed him and kept him out of the loop too. They happily reconcile. Mirtha, having never been able to break the coke habit, breaks out a huge dish of cocaine and the waiters eventually reveal themselves as FBI and DEA agents and bust everyone. George cuts a deal, takes the rap, and posts bail in return for his wife and daughter to remain free. In the same way he did when he was busted in Mexico, he becomes a fugitive on the run.
He visits his parents one last time to tell them that he would be disappearing for a while. He finds that his mother is furious over what her son has gotten himself into and refuses to acknowledge him when he arrives. He leaves after speaking with his aging and ailing father only briefly. In a scene eliminated from the final cut, George returns to his mansion only to discover that the millions in cash and all his luxury cars and valuables have been seized by the DEA and FBI. Fearing that the family will no longer have anything to live on, he travels to Panama City to withdraw his savings from his hidden account. He arrives only to discover that the Panamanian government had long since nationalized the banks and re-appropriated all his money. This discovery leads to a tense battle between Mirtha and George about their dire financial situation in front of their daughter, just like his mother did with his father 30 years earlier. He reassures Kristina that things will be okay and that the family will never be separated. Eventually, during an extremely heated argument with Mirtha while driving on the highway, George swerves the car nearly causing an accident, and is pulled over. Mirtha goes into a rage and screams that George is hiding a kilo of cocaine in his trunk even as they speak. It is discovered, and George is sent to prison--this time for a three-year term.
During a visit with his Mirtha at the end of his prison term, George finds out that she is divorcing him, will get custody of Kristina, and that she will be seeking child support payments. Upon his release, he dedicates himself to rebuilding his relationship with a very angry Kristina, and slowly starts doing so by walking her to and from school. She tells him that her one dream is to go to California. One day, after walking Kristina home, he finds Mirtha waiting outside. The two seem to be at ease with each other and George brings up the fact that he would like to have custody of their daughter. Mirtha, however, points out that George has yet to make any child support payments and that if he did, she would think about it.
Having no money anymore, George makes a few calls and sets up one last big score. He tells his daughter to wait for him after school in a few days and he will take her to California. She doubts him at first and it's only after she asks him to swear on her life that she believes him. Things seem to be going fine with the deal. But when he thinks he just had a big payday, he is once again double crossed by the people he has set the deal up with (among one of the perpetrators is Kevin), and gets busted again. He faces a 60-year prison sentence. Meanwhile, Kristina waits for her dad to arrive and take her to California.
In prison George slowly goes crazy thinking about how he let his daughter down. While tending to the prison garden, a guard calls him over to see a visitor. There standing in front of him is his now grown up, very beautiful daughter (Jaime King). They talk a little and then have a long tearful hug. Suddenly the guard calls again, indicating that George is just imagining this. The film ends as the guard walks George, now a crazy old man, out of the garden. Two statements appear on the screen: that George is sentenced to Otisville Correctional Facility until 2015; and that his daughter has never visited her father. (Two years after the release of the film, however, Kristina Sunshine Jung did in fact visit her father.) The screen fades to black, features a photo of the real George Jung, and the credits roll. Jaime King (born April 23, 1979) is an American film actress and is considered One of the worlds top fashion models.[1] She also goes by the names Jamie King and most especially James King, which was a childhood nickname given to King by her parents that she used...
Real life Kristina also later filmed clips of herself to be put in the movie, but the clips never made it into the final release.
Cast Johnny Depp (born John Christopher Depp II[2] on June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky) is an Academy Award-nominated and SAG Awards-winning American actor and for his performances in the films Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Whats Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Ed Wood (1994...
George Jacob Jung (born August 6, 1942) was a major player in cocaine importation in the United States in the 1970s and early 80s. ...
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (pronounced ) (born April 28, 1974, in Madrid), better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Golden Globe- and Academy Award-nominated Spanish actress. ...
Franka Potente (born on July 22, 1974) is a German film actress. ...
Rachel Griffiths Rachel Griffiths (born June 4, 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a film and television actress. ...
Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld on August 27, 1952) is an American actor, writer, and comedian, known professionally for his character Pee-wee Herman. ...
Jordi Mollà (born July 1, 1968 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is an actor, film maker and artist. ...
Carlos Lehder Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas or simply Carlos Lehder (Born 1950 in Armenia, Colombia) is an imprisoned Colombian drugdealer and co-founder of the MedellÃn Cartel. ...
Italic text For other uses, see Cliff Curtis (disambiguation). ...
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria aka El Patrón (December 1, 1949 – December 2, 1993) gained world infamy as a Colombian drug dealer. ...
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Ray Liotta[1] (born December 18, 1954) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor. ...
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