Blow Out

Blow Out is a 1981 film about a movie sound recordist who accidentally records evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

Directed and written by Brian De Palma.

Murder has a sound all of its own!  (taglines)

Jack Terry

• [to Sally] So you got your choice. You can be crazy or dead.
• [last line] It's a good scream. It's a good scream.

Sally

• Ya know, the only trouble I ever got into was when I was TOO careful!

Other

• Sam: I didn't hire her for her scream, Jack, I hired her for her tits!

Dialogue

Jack Terry: Jesus, that's terrible.

Mixer: That's a terrible scream. Jack, what cat did you have to strangle to get that?

Jack Terry: The one you hired. That's her scream.

Mixer: You mean you didn't dub that?

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Jack Terry: I'm trying to save our asses!

Sally: I'll look after my own ass, thank you.

Taglines

• Murder has a sound all of its own!
• The Blow Out took them to the edge of terror . . . his questions took them way beyond.

Cast

• John Travolta - Jack Terry
• Nancy Allen - Sally
• John Lithgow - Burke
• Dennis Franz - Manny Karp
• Peter Boyden - Sam
• Curt May - Donahue
• John Aquino - Detective Mackey
• John McMartin - Lawrence Henry

External links

• Blow Out quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Blow Out at Rotten Tomatoes
• Blow Out at Allmovie