Blow-Up poster

Blow-Up

Sometimes, reality is the strangest fantasy of all.

7.3(1,434)19661h 51m5

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.

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Status
Released
Budget
$1.8M
Box office
$20M
Language
English
  • london, england
  • loss of sense of reality
  • photographer
  • burglar
  • photography
  • suspicion of murder
  • surreal
  • municipal park
  • pantomime
  • photographic evidence
  • murder
  • counter-culture

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Behind the camera

Produced in

United Kingdom, United States of America, Italy

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR18 Dec 1966
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical18(London)16 Mar 1967
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM(re-release)5 Mar 1993
  • CanadaCA

    • Physical14ADVD17 Feb 2004
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical+187 Jun 1967
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical12(Brugge)21 Sept 1967
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical18Lançamento24 Feb 1967
    • Theatrical16Zeta Filmes11 Nov 2016
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereInternational Classic Restored Film Festival24 Oct 2026
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical (limited)15+Projekt 10017 Jan 2003
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical17 May 1967
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-168 Sept 1967
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival8 May 1967
    • TheatricalU17 May 1967
    • Theatrical(re-release)29 Mar 2006
    • Theatricalre-release, restored version11 May 2016

Frequently asked questions

Blow-Up was released on 18 December 1966.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    1/9/2025

    7/10

    Judging by his Rolls Royce coupé that he tours London in, the young "Thomas" (David Hemmings) is a successful man. He makes his living as a photographer amongst the great and the good of the vacuous world of fame and celebrity. Drink, drugs and sex are wherever he wants them, whenever he wants them - and though fun, that's not really enough. He is in a park one evening when he espies a couple and takes some snaps. "J…

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