Overview - Blow

Date of release

Genres

  • Crime
  • Drama

Runtime: 124 minutes

Homepage: Blow

Budget

$53,000,000.00

Revenue

$83,300,000.00

Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: New Line Cinema

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: Spanky Pictures

    Production country

  • Name: Apostle

    Production country United States of America

Overview

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

Cast

  • Name: Johnny Depp

    Character: George Jung

    Popularity: 15.0757

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  • Name: Penélope Cruz

    Character: Mirtha Jung

    Popularity: 4.7468

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  • Name: Franka Potente

    Character: Barbara Buckley

    Popularity: 1.4801

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  • Name: Rachel Griffiths

    Character: Ermine Jung

    Popularity: 1.1626

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  • Name: Ray Liotta

    Character: Fred Jung

    Popularity: 2.202

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  • Name: Jordi Mollà

    Character: Diego Delgado

    Popularity: 0.8838

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  • Name: Cliff Curtis

    Character: Pablo Escobar

    Popularity: 1.6662

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  • Name: Paul Reubens

    Character: Derek Foreal

    Popularity: 1.563

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