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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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
A writer’s writer, Hunter S Thompson is remembered above all for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, his drug-fuelled account of whatever became of the American Dream. Originally written for Rolling Stone magazine and then a best-selling book, Fear and Loathing exploded the boundaries between reportage and fiction with its impressionistic, hallucinogenic, surreal and satiric observations – a style that was dubbed “gonzo”. Later, of course, the book became the basis for... Read more
If Terry Gilliam didn’t make movies, what would he be? An artist and a cartoonist, certainly – he says he’s always drawn, and he made a living at it in the early 1960s. But just supposing we took away his pencil? Maybe it’s a knock-on from the antique traveling theatre at the heart of his latest film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, but it seems natural to imagine him in a circus context. He could be the ring-master, or the clown, the lion-tamer or the showground... Read more
Top 10 - Johnny Depp 21 Jump Street (1987 - 1991) A fresh faced Johnny Depp caught the attention of casting agents everywhere when he signed up to play Officer Tom Hanson, in the popular television series 21 Jump Street between 1987 and 1991. The show explored hard hitting issues of the time associated with teenage delinquency and youth-crime and helped Depp to prove he had the acting credentials and the charisma to make it onto the big screen - as well as launching his heartthrob status.... Read more
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