Blown Away (1994 film)

Blown Away
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStephen Hopkins
Written byJohn Rice
Joe Batteer
M. Jay Roach
Story byJohn Rice
Joe Batteer
Produced byPen Densham
Richard Barton Lewis
John Watson
Starring
CinematographyPeter Levy
Edited byTim Wellburn
Music byAlan Silvestri
Production
companies
Distributed byMGM/UA Distribution Co. (United States)
United International Pictures (International)
Release date
  • July 1, 1994 (1994-07-01)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$28 million
Box office$52.7 million

Blown Away is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Forest Whitaker, Suzy Amis, and Lloyd Bridges, and follows a Boston bomb squad member pursuing an Irish bomber, who recently escaped from prison and is targeting the other bomb squad members. The film was distributed and financed by MGM, a studio which was in financial difficulty at the time. The head of the studio was former Paramount executive Frank Mancuso Sr.