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Overall Rank:	2485
Avg. Rating:	2.74/4
# of Ratings:	45
Genres:	Crime, Mystery
Rating:	R
Language:	English
Theater Date:	07/24/1981
DVD Release:	04/26/2011

Director:	Brian De Palma
Actors:	John Travolta Nancy Allen John Lithgow Dennis Franz Peter Boyden Curt May

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A sound technician inadvertently records a car crash one evening while sampling noises. As he listens to the recording, he realizes that it wasn't an accident.

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Yojimbo 09/17/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)	Rating of 1.5/4
Brian De Palma conspiracy thriller starring John Travolta before he was cool. Some decent ideas but generally dated and cheap looking.	Rating of 1.5/4
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mitchellyoung 08/20/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)	Rating of 3/4
In a tour de force of editing, camera angles, and other visual tricks, Brian De Palma crafts a tense and inventive crime thriller. All the pieces fit together here, led by strong performances from Travolta and Nancy Allen. Dennis Franz and a creepy John Lithgow round out an impressive supporting cast. The film manages to adopt a gritty, arthouse film style, while still working as a coherent and engaging thriller.
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Snoogans 05/14/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)	Rating of 4/4
Superbly entertaining thriller. The greatly intriguing story sets up some effectively tense and paranoid scenes. The use of sound is impeccable and the directing is some of De Palma's most visually stimulating. The finale carries an emotional weight and a clever bit of irony. Anyone who watches films for the directing or technical aspects will have a lot to study here. I loved it!
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	Daniel Corleone Movie God

12/01/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)
Blow Out review
Interesting premise but unfortunately was not presented in a more entertaining manner. Jack Terry (Travolta) is a sound-man who saves the life of Sally (Allen). His life becomes complicated after discovering the governor (and a presidential hopeful) had died in the "accident." Technically and plot-wise, this was brilliant. Had some nice quotes like: "No one wants to know about conspiracy any more!" from Jack and "Ya know, the only trouble I ever got into was when I was TOO careful!" from Sally. Acting was sincere though the main female lead was not that interesting. Soundtrack was likewise didn't have enough impact for certain scenes which does look dated. Overall feel of the picture was like a television show than a movie. Themes of voyeurism, malicious political agenda/power, tr...	Rating of 2.5/4
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