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John Travolta leads this 1981 mystery thriller from Brian De Palma about a sound recordist who suddenly becomes the holder of...
John Travolta leads this 1981 mystery thriller from Brian De Palma about a sound recordist who suddenly becomes the holder of evidence that proves a car accident was actually murder.
Jack Terry (Travolta) is a master sound recordist who works on 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.
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89 %61 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
81 %11,947 reviewsAudience score rating
"The work of a high-spirited, irrepressible director who takes the effects movies can produce far more seriously than he takes the characters they seem to be about."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"[De Palma's] best and most original work."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"It's a great movie."
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker"A frequently exciting $18 million suspense thriller which suffers from a distracting emphasis upon homages to other motion pictures."
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Variety
VarietyBlow Out | Details
- Rating
- R,
- Runtime
- 108
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- USA
