Blow
The story of George Jung, the man who established the American cocaine market in the 1970′s
- Director: Ted Demme
- Genre: Biography / Crime / Drama,
- Tagline: Based on a True Story
- Runtime: 123 minutes
Cast
Johnny Depp : George Jung
Penélope Cruz : Mirtha Jung (as Penelope Cruz)
Franka Potente : Barbara Buckley
Rachel Griffiths : Ermine Jung
Paul Reubens : Derek Foreal
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The film opens to a young George and his parents Fred (Ray Liotta) and Ermine (Rachel Griffiths). Fred files for bankruptcy and loses everything.
A grown-up George (Johnny Depp) moves to Southern California with his friend “Tuna” (Ethan Suplee) and they plan to earn a living by selling marijuana with the help of Barbara Buckley, girlfriend of George (Franka Potente) who introduces them to her friend/entrepreneur Derek Foreal (Paul Reubens), the main dealer. With Derek’s help, George and Tuna make a lot of money. Kevin Dulli (Max Perlich), a college student back in Boston who is a friend, visits them and tells them of the enormous demand for pot in Boston. With the help of Barbara, an airline stewardess, they start bringing the drugs to Boston.
As the demand grows, they decide to start buying the drugs directly from Mexico with the help of a few Mexican drug lords. George then proceeds on to Chicago to do business, but is caught trying to import 660 pounds of marijuana and he is sentenced to two years. George skips bail to care for his dying girlfriend.
While hiding from the authorities George visits his parents back in Massachusetts. While he is having a heart to heart with his father the police show up and arrest him, having been called by George’s mother.
George is now sentenced to three years in a federal prison. His cellmate Diego Delgado (Jordi Molla) has contacts in the cocaine trade in Colombia and convinces George to help him go into business. When George gets out of prison, he violates parole and heads down to Colombia to meet up with Diego. They meet with Cesar Rosa, who represents Pablo Escobar, and negotiate the terms for smuggling 15 kilograms for “good faith”. As the smuggling operation grows, Diego gets arrested, leaving George to find a way to sell 55 kilograms of blow and get the money in time. He reconnects with Derek in California, and the two successfully sell all of it in 36 hours, amassing a $1 million + profit. George is then whisked off to Colombia, where he finally meets Pablo Escobar (Cliff Curtis) who agrees to go into business with George and Diego. With the help of main middleman Derek, the pair becomes Pablo’s #1 importer. After an altercation with Diego over his “connection”, who happened to be Derek, George returns home and vows to leave the drug business forever.Read more
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