Blow Page #12

Synopsis: In the turbulence of the 1970s, the international drug trade underwent a fast, violent and lucrative revolution - and one ordinary American was at its center. But in just a few short years, George Jung (Johnny Depp), a high-school football star single handedly became the world's premiere importer of cocaine from Colombia's Medellin cartel, changing the course of an entire generation. "Blow" is a high-velocity look at George Jung's spectacular rise and fall.
Production: New Line Cinema
  3 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
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Rotten Tomatoes:
55%
R
Year:
2001
124 min
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He turns and looks at his boy.

FRED (CONT'D)

You're like your mother. You love

money.

GEORGE:

Dad.

FRED:

No, it's good. You have a family. It's

good if it makes you happy. It's nice

to have nice things. Are you happy,

son?

GEORGE:

Yeah, Dad. I'm happy right now.

INT. HOLIDAY MOTEL - LITTLE HAVANA - 1978 - DAY

Diego puts a straw in his nose and snorts a big gakker. His

eyes are wide, his pupils dilated, and a weapon sticks out of

the back of his pants. He knocks the dust off his nose

before moving outside. George is on the porch, smoking a

cigarette.

DIEGO:

Three years. How long have we been in

business? Three years. Does she get to

meet your connection? Was she good

enough?

GEORGE:

Shut up, Diego. They're going to be

here any minute. I'm trying to

concentrate.

DIEGO:

I'm very angry with you, George. Very

angry. You don't take me to California,

but you take your b*tch wife? A woman?

I understand you love her, but it was

you and me who started this. You and

me.

GEORGE:

What do you need my connection for,

Diego? What are you going to do with

it?

DIEGO:

What do I do with it? Nothing. It's

for peace of mind. It's for the

principle.

George doesn't have time for this. He checks the cylinders

on his weapon and runs over possible scenarios in his mind.

But Diego won't get off the soap box.

GEORGE:

Jesus f***ing Christ, Diego. I ain't

telling you. It's just business. Now,

shut up. You're driving me crazy.

DIEGO:

I'm driving you crazy? No. You're

driving me crazy. We had a dream. What

happened to our dream?

A black sedan pulls up and FIVE PUERTO RICAN MEN approach the

room. George and Diego greet them and lead them inside.

It's game time. The atmosphere is charged with danger and

everyone is acutely aware of everything. The guys sit down,

their guns bulging through the inside of their suits. The

suitcases are opened. The rules are the same. No English.

No raising voices. No sudden movements. George offers their

leader, TONY, beers for his men, and is politely declined.

The count starts. George and Diego riff through ten thousand

dollar bundles. Diego is still acting pissy. He's mumbling

to himself, making faces, slamming the money all around. The

guys keep a close eye on him. Diego finishes a stack, throws

one of the bags on the ground. The conversation is in

Spanish unless otherwise indicated.

TONY:

Algun problema?

GEORGE:

No no no... no problema, amigo. El

dinero esta todo aqui.

Lleves las "llaves" y mas tarde lo

contaremos. Okay? No problem.

TONY:

Que problema? Nosotros esperamos.

The pressure is getting to one of the hoods. His name is

BENNY. He's got a crazy eye and he seems ready to snap.

George resumes the count, but Diego won't get off it.

DIEGO:

(English)

You embarrassed me, George. You make me

look very bad.

BENNY:

Que esta diciendo?

GEORGE:

Nothing. Todo esta bien.

DIEGO:

(English)

Everything is not alright. I bring you

in, and you slap my f***ing face!

GEORGE:

This is not the time, Diego.

The men all reach for their pieces and all hell starts to

break loose.

TONY:

Hay algun problema? Hablame!

DIEGO:

(English)

You f***ed me in front of my whole

family!

GEORGE:

F*** you...I didn't f*** you.

BENNY:

Maldita sea, que diablos esta diciendo?

GEORGE:

Esta todo aqui, amigo...take the keys.

Take 'em and go.

TONY:

Que esta pasando aqui, jefe?

DIEGO:

Sientese ye no se meta en lo que no le

importa.

The guns are out and pointed. It's out of control now.

GEORGE:

Take it easy! Everything's okay!

DIEGO:

Que es lo que quieren de me, hijueputas

campesinos?

George steps forward with the keys.

GEORGE:

Take the f***ing keys!

BLAM! Courtesy of Benny, George is hit. The shoulder, the

collarbone. It's hard to tell.

GEORGE (CONT'D)

Estoy bien, okay? Everything is

alright. There's no problem. Okay?

This never happened. No one has to know

anything about this. Diego, I want you

to calmly tell them where the f***ing

coke is. Do it now.

DIEGO:

Es un Ford blanco junto a una pick-up.

Tony very carefully takes the car keys.

GEORGE:

No problem, gentlemen. Goodbye.

The men slowly back out the door. George looks at Diego.

GEORGE (CONT'D)

Derek Foreal.

DIEGO:

What?

GEORGE:

Derek Foreal. Derek Foreal. Derek

f***ing Foreal. Alright? The answer to

all your dreams. Are you happy now?

EXT. LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - DAY

George and Diego exit the terminal. George's arm is in a

sling. The familiar sight of Derek Foreal is Lincoln

Continental.

The three men come together, and Diego and Derek are

introduced. The men's hands come together and the FRAME

FREEZES on their handshake.

EXT. EASTHAM HOUSE - UPSTAIRS - DAY

Fred pulls into the driveway in his new car and honks the

horn. Fred and Ermine get out of the car.

FRED:

Hello, hello.

INT. OLIVEROS MANSION - MIAMI - NIGHT

It's a New Year's Eve party. A lavish Colombian celebration.

George and a very pregnant Mirtha move through the crowd to

find Augusto.

AUGUSTO:

I'm so glad you two could make it.

Mirtha, look at you. So beautiful. You

look like you're about to burst.

MIRTHA:

Thanks. I am. Where's Martha?

AUGUSTO:

I don't know. Drunk somewhere. Try the

bar. And if you find her, tell her to

come, it's almost midnight.

As Mirtha leaves, Augusto throws his arm around George's

shoulder.

AUGUSTO (CONT'D)

It's good you came down, George. We

need to discuss a few things.

DIEGO:

Where's Diego?

AUGUSTO:

He's not here, George.

GEORGE:

Yeah, well where is he? And who is this

Norman K. guy? That's all anyone is

talking about. Norman K. Norman K. Do

I know him?

Augusto lets out a big laugh.

AUGUSTO:

Norman Cay is not a person. He is an

island, George. In the Bahamas. From

what they say, it is free and it's

Diego's new home.

GEORGE:

What?

Augusto throws an arm around George's shoulder.

AUGUSTO:

Let us walk. From what I understand,

Diego has bought a hundred and sixty

acres, a marina, a hotel, and an

airstrip.

GEORGE:

Motherf***er works fast.

AUGUSTO:

The word is that soon he is to be king

of the middle empire. He is doing

multiple runs right now and using the

island as a jump-off point.

GEORGE:

He what?

AUGUSTO:

Yes. Jack Stevens is already a very

busy man. Along with many others. You

shouldn't stay away so long.

GEORGE:

That's impossible. We can't be up and

running. Who's distributing?

Augusto says nothing. But the ball is dropping in Times

Square. 10, 9, 8, 7...

GEORGE (CONT'D)

Oh, no.

Happy New Year. Streamers, confetti, and champagne. George

marches through the kissing guests and over to a phone. He's

steaming. The music is up, so he has to scream.

GEORGE (CONT'D)

Hello, Derek? This is George. Am I

wearing lipstick?

I said, am I wearing lipstick? Because

when I'm getting f***ed, I want to make

sure my face is pretty. You're buying

directly from Diego, aren't you, you son

of a b*tch?

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