History Film / Blow

''Blow'' is a 2001 {{Biopic}} about the life of George Jung, a cocaine dealer from the 1970s. Starring Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/FrankaPotente, Creator/PenelopeCruz, and Paul Reubens.

''Blow'' is a 2001 {{Biopic}} about the life of George Jung, a cocaine dealer from the 1970s. Starring Creator/JohnnyDepp, Franka Potente, Creator/PenelopeCruz, and Paul Reubens.

* DisappearedDad: George becomes this after being busted with cocaine in his car and sentenced to three years in jail. Naturally, when they meet again, Kristina is not all that thrilled to bond with her dad...at first. Unfortunately, he comes this again after he is betrayed by his team and is sentenced to 60 years in jail.

* GeneratrionXerox: Unfortunately, George continues the pattern of his parents' dysfunctional marriage after marrying Mirtha.

** George tells Mirtha to stop snorting cocain since she's pregnant even though he does the same thing. Mirtha even calls him out on it.

* TheMasochismTango: George and Mirtha do spend an awful lot of time fighting. (And there's ''very'' brief flashes of S&M stuff.)

* RageToRiches: George goes for a poor kid to a wealthy drug dealer. [[RichesToRags Up until his birthday party...]]

* RuleOfThree: George is busted three times in the film.

* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: The incredibly attractive Johnny Depp as [[http://www.xomba.com/files/images/jung.preview.png George Jung]] (The makeup people do uglify Depp for his final scene.)

* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite her selfish motive for calling the police to arrest her son, Ermine wasn't wrong on that George had to change his life.

* {{Biopic}}

* CoolCar : A fleet of them in George and Mirtha's yard.

* TheMasochismTango: George and Mirtha do spend an awful lot of time fighting. (And there's ''very'' brief flashes of S&M stuff.)
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: The incredibly attractive Johnny Depp as [[http://www.xomba.com/files/images/jung.preview.png George Jung]] (The makeup people do uglify Depp for his final scene.)
* HonorAmongThieves : George is a criminal, but takes care of his friends. He brings more money than promised to the pot farmer, and he says to Escobar that he won't do anything without Diego.

* IHaveNoSon: George's Mom is not happy about the way he makes a living.
* KubrickStare : A less menacing version, when George is busted for the last time.
* AMinorKidroduction
* PoolScene : When George buys his first house in Mexico.
* PowerWalk : Creator/JohnnyDepp in a white turtleneck and trench coat, rockin' 70s sideburns, to "Black Betty." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj22LOCN6FM Ram-a-lam]].
* ShoutOut : Johnny Depp driving realllyyy fast through the [[Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas desert with a vehicle full of dope]].

'''''Blow''''' is a {{Biopic}} about the life of George Jung, a cocaine dealer from the 1970's. Starring Creator/JohnnyDepp, Franka Potente, Creator/PenelopeCruz, and Paul Reubens.

This film portrays the main events in George Jung's life. The film begins in the early 1950's, where George's father goes into bankruptcy, and George vows to himself that he will never be poor like his father. Next we see George move to Southern California, where he and his friend Tuna discover the profitable business of dealing marijuana. George goes on to delve deeper and deeper into the business of drug dealing, which results in great wealth, but disastrous consequences.

* FollowTheLeader : Discussed. George points out that if musicians and actors start doing cocaine, everyone else will follow.

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* PowerWalk : Creator/JohnnyDepp in a white turtleneck and slacks, to "Black Betty." Ram-a-lam.

'''''Blow''''' is a {{Biopic}} about the life of George Jung, a cocaine dealer from the 1970's. Starring JohnnyDepp, Franka Potente, PenelopeCruz, and Paul Reubens.

''Blow'' is a {{Biopic}} about the life of George Jung, a cocaine dealer from the 1970's. Starring JohnnyDepp, Franka Potente, PenelopeCruz, and Paul Reubens.

!! ''Blow'' provides examples of:

* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: George was quite happy in just dealing marijuana in California... then he got busted and sent to jail, and it was only then that he learned about cocaine and just how lucrative dealing ''that'' would be.

* HadToGoToPrisonToBeACrook: George was quite happy in just dealing marijuana in California... then he got busted and sent to jail, and it was only then that he learned about cocaine and just how lucrative dealing ''that'' would be.

-->'''George''': Uhh... We're gonna need a bigger boat.

* TheMasochismTango: George and Mirtha do spend an awful lot of time fighting. (And there's ''very'' brief flashes of S&M stuff.)* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: The incredibly attractive Johnny Depp as [[http://www.xomba.com/files/images/jung.preview.png George Jung]] (The makeup people do uglify Depp for his final scene.)

* TheMasochismTango: George and Mirtha do spend an awful lot of time fighting. (And there's ''very'' brief flashes of S&M stuff.)
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: The incredibly attractive Johnny Depp as [[http://www.xomba.com/files/images/jung.preview.png George Jung]] (The makeup people do uglify Depp for his final scene.)

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* GonnaNeedMoreTrope:

This film portrays the main events in George Jung's life. The film begins in the early 1950's, where George's father goes into bankruptcy, and George vows to himself that he will never be poor like his father. Next we see George move to Southern California, where he, and his friend Tuna, discover the profitable business of dealing marijuana. George goes on to delve deeper, and deeper into the business of drug dealing, which results in great wealth, but disastrous consequences.

* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Breifcases full of money, boxes full of money, bags full of money. There is lots and lots of money.