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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Films

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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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.
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Release Date:
2010-03-01
Number of Discs:
1
Publication Date:
2010-03-01
Publisher:
Universal Pictures UK
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