Blow Out

Blow Out

1981 · 1 hr 48 min · R

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Directors

Brian De Palma

Actors

  • John Travolta
  • Nancy Allen
  • John Lithgow

Credits: 3

Summary

A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

More about this movie

This stylish Brian De Palma thriller plays off the theme of the unsuspecting witness who discovers a crime and is thereby put in grave danger, but with a novel twist. Jack Terry is a master audio technician who makes his living by recording unique sounds for 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.