Story Synopsis:
In a few short years during the 1970s, powder cocaine turned from a relatively obscure illegal drug to a multi-billion dollar international business. The Colombian druglords had an American connection who made it all possible: George Jung, the first American to import cocaine to the United States on a large scale. George Jung’s is a story of how one man used every last bit of his ingenuity, ambition, and savvy only to Blow all of his dreams on greed. Based on a true story and the book by Bruce Porter.

DVD Picture:
The anamorphicaly enhanced 2.30:1 DVD exhibits a solid picture, with sharp and detailed images. Since the film spans several decades, Ted Demme’s vision was to have each decade subtly represented by how society might have pictured itself during those times. With the help of cinematographer Ellen Kuras, different color palettes and film processing led to a distinctive, yet seamless passage of time during the movie. For example, while the ‘50s scenes appear colorful and bright, the ‘70s may appear more “flat,” and the ‘90s represented by a “cool” feel. That said, colors are well balanced throughout, with accurate fleshtones, and deep blacks. Contrast and shadow delineation are nicely rendered. Other than edge enhancement, the picture is absolutely impressive. (Suzanne Hodges)

Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 5.1-channel soundtrack projects a nicely engrossing, palpable surround sound experience. Fidelity is exemplary, and the sense of being immersed within the holosonic listening space is most impressive and engaging. Voices seem to have natural tonality and convincing spatial integration. The split surrounds are utilized prominently at times, and seem to be most active with the music. Those who have back surround decoding capability should benefit further with this soundtrack. Overall, there’s the perception of a wide, deep soundstage all around that makes the soundtrack enjoyable and immersive, and at the same with a compelling sense of spaciousness. The effectiveness of the well-recorded music in its underlayment of the film’s emotional cues through the tasteful distribution throughout the soundfield is what really sells this soundtrack. There’s some notable deep bass content for the music, including generally minor .1 LFE activity. This is a very pleasing sonic presentation that engages the entire soundstage to fully envelop the listener into the emotional drama. (Perry Sun)

This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Superb Music Score Recording Quality
Superb Cinematography
Reference Quality
Collector Edition