Blow Out

Blow Out is a 1981 thriller film, written and directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars John Travolta as Jack Terry, a movie sound effects technician from Philadelphia who, while recording sounds for a low-budget horror film, serendipitously captures audio evidence of a possible assassination. The supporting cast includes Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, and Dennis Franz. While in post-production on a low-budget exploitation film, Philadelphia sound t... more

Blow Out is a 1981 thriller film, written and directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars John Travolta as Jack Terry, a movie sound effects technician from Philadelphia who, while recording sounds for a low-budget horror film, serendipitously captures audio evidence of a possible assassination. The supporting cast includes Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, and Dennis Franz. While in post-production on a low-budget exploitation film, Philadelphia sound technician Jack Terry (Travolta) realizes that he needs to overdub an actress's scream. After leaving the studio to record potential sound effects at a local park, he sees a car careen off the road and plunge into a nearby lake. Jack dives into the water to help, discovering a dead man and a young woman, still alive, trapped inside the submerged car. He pulls her to safety and accompanies her to a local hospital. Jack learns that the driver of the car was the governor (and a presidential hopeful); the girl was a prostitute named Sally (Allen).... less