Blow Out

"Murder has a sound all of its own."

Jul 24 1981 R 1h 48m
Mystery, Thriller

While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.

Official Trailer
Plot

This stylish Brian De Palma thriller plays off the theme of the unsuspecting witness who discovers a crime and is thereby put in grave danger, but with a novel twist. Jack Terry is a master audio technician who makes his living by recording unique sounds for 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.

Written by

Brian De Palma, Bill Mesce Jr.

Directed by

Brian De Palma

Cast

John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Filmways Pictures, Cinema 77

Languages

English

Awards

2 nominations total

Trailers
BLOW OUT (1981) Trailer - The Criterion Collection
Blow Out (4K Modern Trailer)
Featurettes
Three Reasons: Blow Out - The Criterion Collection
Josh Olson on BLOW OUT
Scores
# of Votes
68,730
Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
Metascore
86
Popularity
NA