Blown Away (1994 film)
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| Blown Away | |
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| Directed by | Stephen Hopkins |
| Produced by | Pen Densham Richard Barton Lewis John Watson |
| Written by | John Rice Joe Batteer Jay Roach |
| Starring | Jeff Bridges Tommy Lee Jones |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| Release date(s) | July 1, 1994 (USA) |
| Running time | 121 minutes |
| Language | English/Gaelic |
| IMDb profile | |
Blown Away is a 1994 action film which was directed by Stephen Hopkins.
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[edit] Plot
Jimmy Dove (Jeff Bridges) is on the Boston bomb squad. He is always called for the toughest cases until he gets married and leaves the high-risk position. Dove's new job with the squad is as an instructor. When he suspects that an old friend of his from a past that he's tried to forget has started terrorizing the city, Dove becomes determined to stop him.
[edit] Cast
- Jeff Bridges - James "Jimmy" Dove/Liam McGivney
- Tommy Lee Jones - Ryan Gaerity
- Suzy Amis - Kate Dove
- Lloyd Bridges - Max O'Bannon
- Forest Whitaker - Anthony Franklin
[edit] Trivia
- One of the co-writers of the script, M. Jay Roach, would go on to direct all three Austin Powers films and both Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers.
- Tommy Lee Jones was paid $8 million to play Ryan Gaerity. Jeff Bridges was paid $4 million to play Jimmy Dove. Jones filmed his part in just a few weeks.
- Stephen Hopkins shot this film while editing his previous film Judgment Night, something he told BBC2's Moving Pictures he would never do again.
- The final explosion was the largest on film by amount of explosives used (the opening napalm scene from Apocalypse Now is the largest by area covered). No-one was injured filming the scene for Blown Away, but the explosion caused $1 million in damages, and the concussion from the blast shattered thousands of windows in the Boston Harbor area.
- Ricky Ross, former lead singer of Deacon Blue, recorded a love song for the film that was not used. When he performed it live on Jonathan Ross' radio show years later, he said he was glad it wasn't used.
- The project was sold by Producer John Watson and Associate Producer Christian L. Rehr and writers Rice & Bateer as a pitch to MGM and the movie was put on the fast track and greenlit within a few months.
- A boat that was exploded for this film was originally the Sarah, which had been used as the broadcast facility for Radio Newyork International, an off-shore pirate radio station.
