Blow

About Blow

The story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.

Ted Demme's Blow is a 2001 crime film. The film is filed under drug addiction, cautionary, based on real person, and drug trafficking.

Johnny Depp appears as George Jung, Penélope Cruz as Mirtha Jung, Franka Potente as Barbara Buckley, and Rachel Griffiths as Ermine Jung. Released in April 2001, it runs 124 minutes.

The screenplay is by David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes. Produced by Apostle. The film began as real events.

The Wolf of Wall Street, American Gangster, and Milk make useful companions to Blow, all filed under biography. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 4,706 votes and it carries a R rating.