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Blow-Up
1966
· Movie
· 111 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #971
- IMDb #1296
- Google retired #2716
- Rotten Tomatoes #1047
- Metacritic #600
- Letterboxd #1270
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1388
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1250
- Metacritic Critics #592
- Metacritic Audience #970
- Criticker #345
- AlloCiné #1506
Every rating
67–87
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 67, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A fashionable London photographer believes he has accidentally captured a murder in the background of his photographs while shooting in a park. He becomes obsessed with enlarging and analyzing the grainy images, trying to find proof of the crime. His investigation blurs the lines between reality and illusion, leaving him increasingly uncertain about what he actually witnessed.
Details
- Director
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Writers
- Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra
- Released
- 18 December 1966
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States, Italy
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1.8M
- Box office
- $20.0M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Best Art Direction, Colour 1968 | Best Art Direction, Colour | Assheton Gorton | Nominee |
| Best British Film 1968 | Best British Film | Michelangelo Antonioni | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography, Colour 1968 | Best Cinematography, Colour | Carlo Di Palma | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Director 1968 | Best Foreign Director | Michelangelo Antonioni | Winner |
| Best Foreign Film 1968 | Best Foreign Film | Michelangelo Antonioni | Winner |
| Best Director 1967 | Best Director | Michelangelo Antonioni | Nominee |
| Best English-Language Foreign Film 1967 | Best English-Language Foreign Film | Blowup | Nominee |
| Best Film 1967 | Best Film | Blowup | Winner |
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Best Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Blowup | Winner |
Best Foreign Director
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Director | Michelangelo Antonioni | Winner |
Best Foreign Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Michelangelo Antonioni | Winner |
Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prix du Festival International du Film | Michelangelo Antonioni | Winner |
Best Art Direction, Colour
1 nomination
| Best Art Direction, Colour | Assheton Gorton | Nominee |
Best British Film
1 nomination
| Best British Film | Michelangelo Antonioni | Nominee |
Best Cinematography, Colour
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography, Colour | Carlo Di Palma | Nominee |
Best Director
1 nomination
| Best Director | Michelangelo Antonioni | Nominee |
Best English-Language Foreign Film
1 nomination
| Best English-Language Foreign Film | Blowup | Nominee |
Best Original Screenplay
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond | Nominee |