luckystrike721 posted: " Vitals Johnny Depp as George Jung, burgeoning pot dealer Manhattan Beach, California, Summer 1968 Film: Blow Release Date: April 6, 2001 Director: Ted Demme Costume Designer: Mark Bridges Background Blow presents the story of real-life drug "
Film:Blow Release Date: April 6, 2001 Director: Ted Demme Costume Designer: Mark Bridges
Background
Blow presents the story of real-life drug smuggler George Jung (1942-2021), presented not unlike Goodfellas: beginning in media res at a crucial turning point in our anti-hero protagonist's life, reaching back into his childhood, and then following his criminal career over the '60s, '70s, and '80s until it descends into a cocaine-fueled nightmare of betrayals and bad hair, all set to a packed soundtrack of hits and deep cuts from the era.
After meeting the adolescent George, raised by an attentive Ray Liotta and a neglectful Rachel Griffiths, we skip ahead to young adulthood as a twentysomething George and his oversized pal Tuna (Ethan Suplee) as they relocate across the country from Massachusetts to Manhattan Beach:
I moved to California in the summer of 1968 with the Tuna. We had $300 and a black TR3. There sure was nothin' like this back home. It was paradise... and everyone was getting stoned.
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