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Blow Out (1981) [R]

Release Date:
July 24, 1981

Original Title:
Blow Out

Alternate Titles:
El sonido de la muerte
Estallido Mortal
Impacto
Ο Δολοφόνος του Μεσονυκτίου
Прокoл
Пуцањ није брисан

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
Cinema 77
Filmways Pictures
Geria Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 18  CA: 18A  DE: 16  DK: 15  FI: K-16  FR: 12  HK: II  IT: VM14  JP: PG-12  MX: B  NL: 12  NO: 15  PT: M/16  SE: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 108

Murder has a sound all of its own.

Overview from TheMovieDB

While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.

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Production

Additional Writing:
Bill Mesce Jr.

Assistant Sound Editor:
Randall Coleman

Boom Operator:
Rimas Tumasonis
Brian L. McCarty

Cableman:
Carl Pagano

Camera Operator:
Jan Kiesser

Casting:
Lynn Stalmaster

Casting Associate:
Lisa Freiberger

Costume Design:
Vicki Sánchez

Dialogue Editor:
Lowell Mate

Director:
Brian De Palma

Director of Photography:
Vilmos Zsigmond

Editor:
Paul Hirsch

Executive Producer:
Fred C. Caruso

Extras Casting:
Joanna Oberman

First Assistant Director:
Joe Napolitano

Gaffer:
Rick Martens

Hairstylist:
Vivian McAteer
Lyndell Quiyou

Makeup Artist:
Joe Cranzano
Leo Lotito Jr.

Original Music Composer:
Pino Donaggio

Producer:
George Litto

Production Design:
Paul Sylbert

Second Assistant Director:
Lewis Gould

Set Decoration:
Bruce Weintraub

Set Designer:
Jeannine Oppewall

Sound Editor:
Michael Moyse

Sound Mixer:
James M. Tanenbaum

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tom Fleischman

Sound Supervisor:
Dick Vorisek

Special Effects:
David Domeyer

Special Effects Supervisor:
Calvin Joe Acord

Stunt Coordinator:
Carey Loftin

Stunt Double:
Rick Avery

Stunts:
Durrell Nelson
Mike Pridgen

Supervising Sound Editor:
Dan Sable

Writer:
Brian De Palma
Bill Mesce Jr.

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