Blow
George Jung
2001
Directed by: Ted Demme
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens, Jordi Mollà
George Jung is the son of a struggling small business owner. Seeing his family struggle to make ends meet and failing,
George vows never to share a similar fate. Moving to California, he starts his own pot pushing operation in which he finds
both success and imprisonment. In prison, he meets a cellmate who introduces him into a partnership to the lucrative new
market in cocaine. Upon release, George Jung quickly becomes instrumental in establishing the exploding US market for
cocaine in which he claimed that he handled about 85% of the supply in the 1970's. However, for all the fabulous wealth and
power he gained, the true costs of his dangerously treacherous occupation catch up with him in ways from which he would
never recover.
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YEAR
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AWARD
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CATEGORY/RECIPIENT
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RESULT
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| 2001 |
Crystal Globe |
Ted Demme |
Nominated |
| 2001 |
World Soundtrack Award |
WSA Best Original Score of the Year Not Released on an Album: Graeme Revell |
Nominated |
| 2002 |
CDG Award |
Excellence in Costume Design
for Film: Mark Bridges |
Nominated |
| 2002 |
MTV Movie Award |
Breakthrough Female Performance: Penélope Cruz |
Nominated |
| 2002 |
Prism Award |
Theatrical Feature Film |
Won |
| 2002 |
Razzie Award |
Worst Actress: Penélope Cruz |
Nominated |
