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One of Brian De Palma’s most acclaimed films, this brilliant fusion of the obsessive sleuthing of Blow-up and The Conversation with themes drawn from real-life political scandals (the JFK assassination, Chappaquiddick, Watergate) starts with sound technician Jack Terry (John Travolta) accidentally recording what might be explosive evidence of a deadly conspiracy.

Brilliantly shot by the then recent Oscar-winner Vilmos Zsigmond, this terrifically stylish thriller co-stars Nancy Allen as the eyewitness who becomes the unwitting target of John Lithgow’s serial killer as he ruthlessly attempts to bury all the evidence.

It’s also a film about the filmmaking process: Terry is originally hired to work on the low-budget slasher film Coed Frenzy, and later turns his technical skills to much more serious use as he tries to reconstruct a political assassination on film in a way that will stand up in court.

Special Features

• Limited Edition SteelBook
• New, restored digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Brian De Palma
• Original Dolby 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Black and White in Colour: An Interview with cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond
• Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on Blow Out
• Return to Philadelphia: An interview with Producer George Litto
• A gallery of on-set photos by photographer Louis Goldman
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Michael Atkinson, a conversation between Quentin Tarantino and De Palma, and more to be confirmed!

“His [De Palma’s] best and most original work - Chicago Sun-Times

"A great movie" – Pauline Kael, New Yorker