20 Years Ago: 'Blow' Joins a Long Line of Drug-Smuggling Classics
He'd become intrigued by the saga of George Jung, a suburban Massachusetts native who moved to California in the '60s and became a conduit for importing marijuana and then cocaine into the U.S., the latter at the behest of Colombia’s Medellín Cartel, led by Pablo Escobar. "The story of George Jung was, well, mind-blowing to me," Demme later admitted. "It's the story of the American Dream gone terribly wrong, about a small-town boy who poured all his talent and dreams into trafficking cocaine in huge quantities. He was a guy who wanted to control his own destiny, who wanted to live by his o...
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