Project Detail

Blow-Up

Name: Blow-Up
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Genre: Drama
Released: 1966
Duration: 111 mins

Synopsis

Successful London photographer Thomas spends his time photographing beautiful fashion models. But one day whilst casually snapping an intimate couple in the park, he thinks he may have photographed something far more sinister: a murder. After developing the photos, Thomas is horrified to find an ambiguous image lurking on the edge of the frame, which could be a shadow, but looks like a gun. The only thing clear is that Jane, the woman in the photo, has appeared at his studio and wants the pictures he took.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2017 - Cannes Classics

Details

Year: 1966
Type of project: Features
Running time: 111 mins
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Producer: Carlo Ponti
Executive Producer: Pierre Rouve
Editor: Frank Clarke
Screenwriter: Michelangelo Antonioni (story, screenplay), Julio Cortàzar (short story), Tonino Guerra (screenplay), Edward Bond (English dialogue)
Director of Photography: Carlo Di Palma
Sound: Sound Recordist: Robin Gregory; Sound Editor: Mike Le Mare
Composer: Herbie Hancock
Principal cast: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle, Jane Birkin, Gillian Hills, Peter Bowles, Veruschka von Lehndorff
Costume Designer: Jocelyn Rickards
Film Images: Courtesy of Park Circus / Warner Bros.

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, Italy, US coproduction

Bridge Films (US), Carlo Ponti Production (IT), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM (US)

Restoration Presented By: Criterion, Cineteca di Bologna and Istituto Luce - Cinecittà, in collaboration with Warner Bros and Park Circus. Restoration work carried out at Criterion, New York and L'Immagine Ritrovata, Bologna under the supervision of Director of Photography Luca Bigazzi.

Sales Company

Park Circus

15 Woodside Crescent
Glasgow
G3 7UL

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