Okay so in the movie Blow it was based on a true story of George Jung and his family his story as drug lord and his daughter Kirstina sunshine Jung I believe, does any one have information on the real story of George Jung and his life any one know any sites or stories? Thank you
2007-03-23 05:07:40 · 5 answers · asked by Korbyn's Mama 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
George Jung, more commonly known as Boston George, was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Weymouth. He started out as a marijuana smuggler in the 1960s with his friend Moe Petracco, importing hundreds of pounds from Mexico, stealing airplanes, and flying from Puerto Vallarta to California. After quite a while his business grew to the point where he was making over $100,000 a month and had started using professional pilots; he was eventually arrested in Chicago with 660 pounds of marijuana at the Playboy Club. His "buyer" had been busted and set him up.
He was sentenced to 26 months in a federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, where his cellmate was
Read the rest of his biography @ : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jung
2007-03-23 05:11:44 · answer #1 · answered by jennainhiding 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The movie was based on a biography of George Jung: Blow. by Bruce Porter. It's a pretty good read, and it's got a lot of detail about the early part of his dealing career.
2007-03-23 05:16:35 · answer #2 · answered by Magilla G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jung was in partership with Pablo Escobar, if that helps any for your research.
2007-03-23 05:18:15 · answer #3 · answered by Donna S 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check on wikipedia.org
2007-03-23 05:13:04 · answer #4 · answered by Princess Piper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to wikipedia its bound to be there
2007-03-23 05:10:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋