<P> Blow is a 2001 American biographical crime film about the American cocaine smuggler George Jung , directed by Ted Demme . David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes adapted Bruce Porter 's 1993 book Blow : How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All for the screenplay . It is based on the real - life stories of George Jung , Pablo Escobar , Carlos Lehder Rivas ( portrayed in the film as Diego Delgado ) , and the Medellín Cartel . The film 's title comes from a slang term for cocaine . </P>
<P> Blow is a 2001 American biographical crime film about the American cocaine smuggler George Jung , directed by Ted Demme . David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes adapted Bruce Porter 's 1993 book Blow : How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All for the screenplay . It is based on the real - life stories of George Jung , Pablo Escobar , Carlos Lehder Rivas ( portrayed in the film as Diego Delgado ) , and the Medellín Cartel . The film 's title comes from a slang term for cocaine . </P>
who is the movie blow based off of
who is the movie blow based off of
George Jung Pablo Escobar Carlos Lehder Rivas the Medellín Cartel
George Jung Pablo Escobar Carlos Lehder Rivas the Medellín Cartel