
Blow (2001)
Rating: 7.4/10
Duration: 124 min
Director(s): Ted Demme,
Description:
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
- Franka Potente as Barbara Buckley
- Ray Liotta as Fred Jung
- Miguel Sandoval as Augusto Oliveras
- Ethan Suplee as Tuna
- Johnny Depp as George Jung
- Penélope Cruz as Mirtha Jung
- Max Perlich as Kevin Dulli
- Jesse James as Young George
- Cliff Curtis as Pablo Escobar
- Jordi Mollà as Diego Delgado
- Emma Roberts as Young Kristina Jung
- Rachel Griffiths as Ermine Jung
- Tony Amendola as Sanchez
- Paul Reubens as Derek Foreal
- Kevin Gage as Leon Minghella