Blow is a movie directed by Ted Demme in 2001 and based on the book Blow: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All by Bruce Porter, first published in 1993. The movie features Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens, Jordi Mollà, and others.
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Movie vs Book
Year
2001
Minutes
124
Movie Rate
7.60
Source: IMDb
Year
1993
Pages
352
Book Rate
8.06
S: Goodreads
Book
Blow
Subtitle: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All
Author: Bruce Porter
Country: USA
First published in: 1993
Length: 352 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“In screenplay terms, writing a novel is more like writing a full 22 episode season of a TV series, than it is a movie.”
JEFF LYONS (Screenwriter)
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