Blown Away (1994 film)
| Blown Away | |
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| Directed by | Stephen Hopkins |
| Written by | John Rice Joe Batteer M. Jay Roach |
| Story by | John Rice Joe Batteer |
| Produced by | Pen Densham Richard Barton Lewis John Watson |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Peter Levy |
| Edited by | Tim Wellburn |
| Music by | Alan Silvestri |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | MGM/UA Distribution Co. (United States) United International Pictures (International) |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| 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.