FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS is a whirlwind of a movie, a wacky, drug-laden story backed by a fist-pumping rock & roll soundtrack featuring everything from Wayne Newton and Tom Jones to Combustible Edison and Dead Kennedys. Journalist Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) heads to Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race, bringing along his .. Read more
| Starring | Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Cameron Diaz, Christina Ricci |
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| Director | Terry Gilliam |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS is a whirlwind of a movie, a wacky, drug-laden story backed by a fist-pumping rock & roll soundtrack featuring everything from Wayne Newton and Tom Jones to Combustible Edison and Dead Kennedys. Journalist Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) heads to Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race, bringing along his Samoan lawyer, Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro), in this furious adaptation of the book by Hunter S. Thompson. It is 1971, and Duke and Gonzo are on their way to Sin City with a frightened hitchhiker (a nearly unrecognizable Tobey Maguire) and a trunkful of drugs, which they ingest nonstop. Depp is terrific as Duke, Thompson's alter ego, and Del Toro is a riot as the crazy lawyer. To perfect his Thompsonian performance, Depp spent a lot of time with the good doctor, and it paid off in a film that captures the frenetic pace of the counterculture novel. Director Terry Gilliam, a master of complex, bizarre visual imagery, has a field day interpreting the drug-hazed world in which Duke and Gonzo reside. An all-star cast chimes in with wonderfully offbeat bit parts, including Harry Dean Stanton, Gilliam regular Katherine Helmond, Flea, Cameron Diaz, Ellen Barkin, Christina Ricci, Gary Busey, Lyle Lovett, and others.
| Starring | Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Cameron Diaz, Christina Ricci, Gary Busey |
|---|---|
| Director | Terry Gilliam |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 53 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 53 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1998 To Rent: DVD: not available Blu-ray: Unavailable for rental To Buy: DVD: 05 Sep 2005 |
Everyone tries so hard at getting this adaptation of Hunter S Thompson's gonzo classic just right that one would love... read more on Time Out
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We're Your Friends, we're not like the others...
Quite why this film has been unavailable on DVD in the UK for so long is beyond me, especially with the brilliant Region One Criterion package you can get on ... read more »
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great film
a bizarre tale of a journalist and his attorney in las vegas. oh, did i forget to mention the incomprehendable amount of drugs they are on, all the time. this ... read more »
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Marmite you either love it or hate it.
Great film, really funny and highly i recommend it. Although there will be a large audience who wont like it. Its a bit like marmite really.
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The Future of Cinema
Stupendous it shakes you out of your comfort zone and inspires you in ways you never thought possible.
This is a different type of movie; along the ... read more »
Terry Gilliam finds it bizarre many critics believe his movies are inspired by drug highs - insisting he doesn't bother with narcotics because he hates the comedown. The former Monty Python star has made a career out of abstract films, including Brazil, 12 Monkeys and drug-binge movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. But the star insists he has never used hard drugs to gain inspiration for a new screenplay - as he hates the bad feeling he gets after the high wears off. He tells Total Film, "When Read more
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