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October 06, 2005

Blow - 6

This film is based on the true story of George Jung, who in the 1970's started to smuggle cocaine from Columbia to the US. In between getting rich and getting caught, a cycle that continues throughout the film. He tries to stay in contact with his family and starts his own family. In the end he realizes that his father was right that money is not the key to happiness, it is rather to love and be loved, this plays out in the movie with his daughter and the promises he made and his failure while he thinks about it in jail. The previews for the film make drug running look all glamorous, the film actually is more about this subplot than about drugs, and the film does not celebrate drug use, but shows how they can destroy.
As a side note this film made me realize that Johnny Depp is the son of Christopher Walken. OK not really, but see the pictures below and tell me you can't see the resemblance, they also have similiar acting styles (especially Walken from The Deer Hunter and Depp from this film).

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