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Brian De Palma wrote and directed this mystery about a movie sound technician (John Travolta) who inadvertently records the assassination of a politician. Stylish and unexpectedly emotional, Blow Out has become one of De Palma’s most acclaimed films over the last four decades, and his script cleverly incorporates filmmaking techniques into its storyline. In collaboration with sound mixer Dick Vorisek and sound editor Dan Sable, as well as such De Palma regulars as cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, film editor Paul Hirsch, and composer Pino Donaggio, the director creates a worthy successor to the great conspiracy thrillers of the 1970s.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
1981 | 108 min. | USA | Color | Scope | English | Rated R | 35mm
DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Brian De Palma
WITH: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz