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Johnny depp, jordi molla, paul reubens, penelope cruz, franka potente, ray liotta. An oslo detective with a painful past returns to his native iceland to help a hotheaded local cop catch a serial killer. This film portrays the main events in george jungs life. At age 16 depp dropped out of high school to pursue a music career. The film shows jungs timeline from childhood to adulthood and shows the chaotic life of. Blow is directed by ted demme and stars johnny depp as real life drug smuggler george jung, who was part of the medellin cartel run by pablo escobar that at one point had an 85% market share of all cocaine imported into america in the late 70s early 80s.
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The film follows the reallife story of drug mogul george jung as he traffics drugs from the 1960s until his downfall in the 1980s. With johnny depp, penelope cruz, franka potente, rachel griffiths. With elements that seem borrowed from movies like goodfellas and boogie nights, blow is pretty much. Jan 19, 2015 johnny depp and former drug kingpin george jung hung out for the first time since the inspiration for blow was released from jail.
A photograph of the real george jung appears at the end of the film, as the credits. Blow 2001 official trailer johnny depp, penelope cruz movie hd the story of george jung, the man who established the american cocaine. Watch a video clip of johnny depp at the blow london premiere. A compelling character drama, blow is an especially wellcrafted and poignant period film from ted demme. He earned widespread acclaim for his comic performance as pirate captain jack sparrow, and received a. Blow is a fairly inspired biopic with some flashy moments sprinkled throughout. See more ideas about blow movie, johnny depp blow and johnny depp. At the core of blow is a very good film, but the execution lacks the focus and originality it needed to become something really good. That made him the greatest success story in drugs, an industry that has inspired more movies than any other.
Johnny depp blow reunion with coke dealer who inspired movie. The films loss of a guaranteed release date comes as the latest blow to the actor who was once one of hollywoods most. What draws you in about blow is that george was such a nice guy. It occurred to me during the film that, ironically, he might have had better. Putlocker watch full hd 1080p blow 2001 on a boy named george jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950s.
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