Blow is a 2001 crime drama based on the Bruce Porter book of the same name about George Jung. Ted Demme directed David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes adaptation of the book. The film portrays actual events related to George Jung, Pablo Escobar, Carlos Lehder, and the Medellin Cartel, showing how Jung opened the doors to the cocaine market in the 1970s.
Johnny Depp plays the lead role alongsideJordi Mollà , Penélope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Paul Reubens, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, and Ethan Suplee. The film grossed $53 million in the US. The director, Ted Demme, died only a year after the movie came out, and he reportedly died with cocaine in his system.
