Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas


Starring:Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, Christina Ricci, Mark Harmon, Cameron Diaz, Katherine Helmond, Michael Jeter, Penn Jillette, Craig Bierko, Lyle Lovett, Flea, Laraine Newman, Harry Dean Stanton, Tim Thomerson, Michael Lee Gogin, Larry Cedar, Brian Le Baron
Director: Terry Gilliam
Studio: Universal Studios
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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The original cowriter and director of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was Alex Cox, whose earlier film Sid and Nancy suggests that Cox could have been a perfect match in filming Hunter S. Thompson's psychotropic masterpiece of "gonzo" journalism. Unfortunately Cox departed due to the usual "creative differences," and this ill-fated adaptation was thrust upon Terry Gilliam, whose formidable gifts as a visionary filmmaker were squandered on the seemingly unfilmable elements of Thompson's ether-fogged narrative. The result is a one-joke movie without the joke--an endless series of repetitive scenes involving rampant substance abuse and the hallucinogenic fallout of a road trip that's run crazily out of control. Johnny Depp plays Thompson's alter ego, "gonzo" journalist Raoul Duke, and Benicio Del Toro is his sidekick and so-called lawyer Dr. Gonzo. During the course of a trip to Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race, they ingest a veritable chemistry set of drugs, and Gilliam does his best to show us the hallucinatory state of their zonked-out minds. This allows for some dazzling imagery and the rampant humor of stumbling buffoons, and the mumbling performances of Depp and Del Toro wholeheartedly embrace the tripped-out, paranoid lunacy of Thompson's celebrated book. But over two hours of this insanity tends to grate on the nerves--like being the only sober guest at a party full of drunken idiots. So while Gilliam's film may achieve some modest cult status over the years, it's only because Fear and Loathing is best enjoyed by those who are just as stoned as the characters in the movie. --Jeff Shannon
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Great Extras
  • one hand washes the other, on this Thompson acid trip of exceptional Hollywood
  • Awesome movie!
  • worth every penny
  • Another Terry Gilliam Jewel
 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Starring: Johnny Depp , Benicio Del Toro , Tobey Maguire , Ellen Barkin , and Gary Busey
Director: Terry Gilliam
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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The original cowriter and director of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was Alex Cox, whose earlier film Sid and Nancy suggests that Cox could have been a perfect match in filming Hunter S. Thompson's psychotropic masterpiece of "gonzo" journalism. Unfortunately Cox departed due to the usual "creative differences," and this ill-fated adaptation was thrust upon Terry Gilliam, whose formidable gifts as a visionary filmmaker were squandered on the seemingly unfilmable elements of Thompson's ether-fogged narrative. The result is a one-joke movie without the joke--an endless series of repetitive scenes involving rampant substance abuse and the hallucinogenic fallout of a road trip that's run crazily out of control. Johnny Depp plays Thompson's alter ego, "gonzo" journalist Raoul Duke, and Benicio Del Toro is his sidekick and so-called lawyer Dr. Gonzo. During the course of a trip to Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race, they ingest a veritable chemistry set of drugs, and Gilliam does his best to show us the hallucinatory state of their zonked-out minds. This allows for some dazzling imagery and the rampant humor of stumbling buffoons, and the mumbling performances of Depp and Del Toro wholeheartedly embrace the tripped-out, paranoid lunacy of Thompson's celebrated book. But over two hours of this insanity tends to grate on the nerves--like being the only sober guest at a party full of drunken idiots. So while Gilliam's film may achieve some modest cult status over the years, it's only because Fear and Loathing is best enjoyed by those who are just as stoned as the characters in the movie. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Extras.......2007-06-26

I am not a huge fan of the Fear and Loathing movie, but I bought this strictly for the HST extras. Anyone who is a devout Hunter S. Thompson fan should look into getting this DVD. The Criterion Collection does a great job with the extras and any fan will enjoy the BBC documentary with Ralph Steadman. A must have for any Hunter Thompson fan.

5 out of 5 stars one hand washes the other, on this Thompson acid trip of exceptional Hollywood.......2007-06-21

Alright its not the book, and the book is better, all his books are extraordinary, outlaw riding shotgun on the 'American Dream', but this is one of my favorite movies of all time. Johnny Depp is extraordinary, (like we don't know that), I would love to know Mr. Depp in real world friendship, he must be extraordinary to be around and have idle chit-chat with while sipping a Starbucks. I have never seen films or documentaries on Hunter S. Thompson, but I am assuming the amount of work and tireless research involved in this must have been endless and extraordinary to say the least, and I cannot stress enough, that everyone I have given this movie to, everyone from a nun, to a liberal Republican have all found it quite entertaining. Is that not what is supposed to happen when you see a film?

Terry Gilliam was a fantastic choice for director, I do not think anyone could have brought Hunter to the screen like Gilliam, unless perhaps Depp was directing this himself. (That would have been interesting)

Each scene is so perfectly percise and its so fluid and fluent, the drug use that is rampid and the reactions in those given situation to the people they are with and the ensuing dialouge are A+ in timing and comedic raw talent.

I am getting goosebumps just reviewing this. Often I will have Fear and Loathing running in the background when I am perusing the net or have friends over for drinks. The countless classic lines that I will say randomly with people when a given situation arises, are just PRICELESS, and again DEPP is so brilliant, I envy his true, pure talent as an artist.

The music is awesome, the scenes at the D.A. convention are so off-beat and satiricly ridiculous, however Del Toro and Depp still maintain their professional compusure. I really felt that I connected with this film, a lonely, star child, cross breaded dreamer, who found this gem along side a discount bin one day in my local towns grocery store.

By far, this line in the opening scenes, just puts the whole movie on pace: " We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, laughers, screamers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get into locked a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon."

Absolutely amazing, and Johnny's voiceovers throughout the film was such a great decision to make, and I think made the film such a huge hit, because of that voiceover poetry that Hunter S. Thompson had, and that Depp brought to life on the big screen.

Dr. Gonzo, 'one of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant...' is wonderfully played by Mr. Del Toro, and the chemistry between Gonzo and Depp is sensational. The takes and abundant laughs that must have been part of each and every day on this film, must have been memories that will last a lifetime.

To hell with the purist on this one, buy it and add it to your collection. Not a five star film in comparison to films like Dead Poet's Society or Empire of the Sun, but certainly a five star in the talent department and entertainment field, and for that in itself, I will give it 4.5.

One review washed the other.

Ken

5 out of 5 stars Awesome movie!.......2007-05-28

If you haven't seen this movie I don't know where you've been. It's based on the novel written by Hunter S. Thompson, who is one of the most fascinating people of this century. Buy this today.

5 out of 5 stars worth every penny.......2007-05-14

really good, besides the awesome movie, the extras show nice features and curiosities from Hunter Thompson`s live.

5 out of 5 stars Another Terry Gilliam Jewel.......2007-05-08

This is a polemic movie, either you love it or you hate it.
But having such a great crew, watch johny depp as Raoul Duke, the alter ego of Hunter S. Thompson getting every kind of drugs and describing how it works on you and Benicio del Toro as the explosive Dr. Gonzo, his sidekick in this search for the american dream on a way that only Hunter S. Thompson could have done.

Excelent movie, if you like strange movies it's a "you must have this one".
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Criterion Collection
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Great Extras
  • one hand washes the other, on this Thompson acid trip of exceptional Hollywood
  • Awesome movie!
  • worth every penny
  • Another Terry Gilliam Jewel
 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Criterion Collection
Starring: Johnny Depp , Benicio Del Toro , Tobey Maguire , Ellen Barkin , and Gary Busey
Director: Terry Gilliam
Manufacturer: Criterion
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Release Date: 2003-02-18

Amazon.com

The original cowriter and director of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was Alex Cox, whose earlier film Sid and Nancy suggests that Cox could have been a perfect match in filming Hunter S. Thompson's psychotropic masterpiece of "gonzo" journalism. Unfortunately Cox departed due to the usual "creative differences," and this ill-fated adaptation was thrust upon Terry Gilliam, whose formidable gifts as a visionary filmmaker were squandered on the seemingly unfilmable elements of Thompson's ether-fogged narrative. The result is a one-joke movie without the joke--an endless series of repetitive scenes involving rampant substance abuse and the hallucinogenic fallout of a road trip that's run crazily out of control. Johnny Depp plays Thompson's alter ego, "gonzo" journalist Raoul Duke, and Benicio Del Toro is his sidekick and so-called lawyer Dr. Gonzo. During the course of a trip to Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race, they ingest a veritable chemistry set of drugs, and Gilliam does his best to show us the hallucinatory state of their zonked-out minds. This allows for some dazzling imagery and the rampant humor of stumbling buffoons, and the mumbling performances of Depp and Del Toro wholeheartedly embrace the tripped-out, paranoid lunacy of Thompson's celebrated book. But over two hours of this insanity tends to grate on the nerves--like being the only sober guest at a party full of drunken idiots. So while Gilliam's film may achieve some modest cult status over the years, it's only because Fear and Loathing is best enjoyed by those who are just as stoned as the characters in the movie. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Extras.......2007-06-26

I am not a huge fan of the Fear and Loathing movie, but I bought this strictly for the HST extras. Anyone who is a devout Hunter S. Thompson fan should look into getting this DVD. The Criterion Collection does a great job with the extras and any fan will enjoy the BBC documentary with Ralph Steadman. A must have for any Hunter Thompson fan.

5 out of 5 stars one hand washes the other, on this Thompson acid trip of exceptional Hollywood.......2007-06-21

Alright its not the book, and the book is better, all his books are extraordinary, outlaw riding shotgun on the 'American Dream', but this is one of my favorite movies of all time. Johnny Depp is extraordinary, (like we don't know that), I would love to know Mr. Depp in real world friendship, he must be extraordinary to be around and have idle chit-chat with while sipping a Starbucks. I have never seen films or documentaries on Hunter S. Thompson, but I am assuming the amount of work and tireless research involved in this must have been endless and extraordinary to say the least, and I cannot stress enough, that everyone I have given this movie to, everyone from a nun, to a liberal Republican have all found it quite entertaining. Is that not what is supposed to happen when you see a film?

Terry Gilliam was a fantastic choice for director, I do not think anyone could have brought Hunter to the screen like Gilliam, unless perhaps Depp was directing this himself. (That would have been interesting)

Each scene is so perfectly percise and its so fluid and fluent, the drug use that is rampid and the reactions in those given situation to the people they are with and the ensuing dialouge are A+ in timing and comedic raw talent.

I am getting goosebumps just reviewing this. Often I will have Fear and Loathing running in the background when I am perusing the net or have friends over for drinks. The countless classic lines that I will say randomly with people when a given situation arises, are just PRICELESS, and again DEPP is so brilliant, I envy his true, pure talent as an artist.

The music is awesome, the scenes at the D.A. convention are so off-beat and satiricly ridiculous, however Del Toro and Depp still maintain their professional compusure. I really felt that I connected with this film, a lonely, star child, cross breaded dreamer, who found this gem along side a discount bin one day in my local towns grocery store.

By far, this line in the opening scenes, just puts the whole movie on pace: " We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, laughers, screamers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get into locked a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon."

Absolutely amazing, and Johnny's voiceovers throughout the film was such a great decision to make, and I think made the film such a huge hit, because of that voiceover poetry that Hunter S. Thompson had, and that Depp brought to life on the big screen.

Dr. Gonzo, 'one of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant...' is wonderfully played by Mr. Del Toro, and the chemistry between Gonzo and Depp is sensational. The takes and abundant laughs that must have been part of each and every day on this film, must have been memories that will last a lifetime.

To hell with the purist on this one, buy it and add it to your collection. Not a five star film in comparison to films like Dead Poet's Society or Empire of the Sun, but certainly a five star in the talent department and entertainment field, and for that in itself, I will give it 4.5.

One review washed the other.

Ken

5 out of 5 stars Awesome movie!.......2007-05-28

If you haven't seen this movie I don't know where you've been. It's based on the novel written by Hunter S. Thompson, who is one of the most fascinating people of this century. Buy this today.

5 out of 5 stars worth every penny.......2007-05-14

really good, besides the awesome movie, the extras show nice features and curiosities from Hunter Thompson`s live.

5 out of 5 stars Another Terry Gilliam Jewel.......2007-05-08

This is a polemic movie, either you love it or you hate it.
But having such a great crew, watch johny depp as Raoul Duke, the alter ego of Hunter S. Thompson getting every kind of drugs and describing how it works on you and Benicio del Toro as the explosive Dr. Gonzo, his sidekick in this search for the american dream on a way that only Hunter S. Thompson could have done.

Excelent movie, if you like strange movies it's a "you must have this one".
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (HD DVD)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Now this is how older films on HD-DVD should look...
  • Fantastic film
  • Very good quality
  • Debauchery in high def
  • Buyer Beware
 Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (HD DVD)
Starring: Johnny Depp Benicio Del Torro , and Eric Stoltz
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Release Date: 2006-09-26

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Now this is how older films on HD-DVD should look..........2007-06-26

...older, meaning more than 4-5 years old (or earlier generation dvd's). I read the great reviews of the transfer and have seen my share of disappointing high-def discs already. So I was skeptical when I bought it. This is one of the best (funniest) movies ever.

Well, I first watched the opening scene and some parts of my Criterion version (which had been a better standard transfer) on my 56 HD-RPTV. It used to look great on my 32" tube TV. It looked terrible on the bigger screen of course, making me scared of another cruddy HD transfer like my Sleepy Hollow or the Game (worst ever so far).



After the first few seconds of the opening scene, let alone the rest of the movie, I loved this transfer (HD-DVD). Now this is how "somewhat older" films should look like on HD-DVD! Absolutely amazing colors, contrast and sharpness. The vegas lights look fantastic as do the rest of the colors in this "trip". No annoying digital noise, a few specs of dust on the film which I never mind, and the dust/smoke is rendered beautifully. The DD+ soundtrack is great and it has a DD True soundtrack even though most of us at this point can't take full advantage of it. What a fantastic job this is- I'm loving it.

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic film.......2007-04-27

I only own a hand full of HD DVD's. But this one is by far the best looking of the lot. Great picture. Very clear. Amazing colours. Fantasic film.

5 out of 5 stars Very good quality.......2007-03-22

We all know about fear and loathing's story line (which is superb and incredibly funny), however my review is of the quality of the content (compared to the standard DVD which I also own).

Nothing is simple in the world of technology - and simply buying an HD-DVD does not mean that the sound & picture is going to be the best money can buy, I purchased full metal jacket on HD-DVD and was dissapointed by the quality of it. Fear & Loathign is quite the opposite....

I was blown away by the picture and sound quality - compared to other HD-DVD's I own this one is by far the best, the picture is so clear you can see the pores on johhny depps face.

I would seriously reccomend this product over the standard DVD.

4 out of 5 stars Debauchery in high def.......2007-03-21

One of the themes of this film is the sad end of the summer of love culture of the 1960's. Dr. Gonzo's polydrug-induced debauchery, symbolic of this, is fully detailed in this good transfer, to the point that viewers may have to look away from time to time. Del Torro deserved some kind of award for what he went through.

5 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware.......2007-03-10

Don't worry about the content if you know the movie is a hilarious drug-induced adventure in insanity, and Las Vegas. Instead, don't buy the HD DVD version unless you have an HD DVD player. This product does not play on a regular DVD player. I had to return my first order and reorder the DVD version. This movie is difficult to find in the movie store, at least in my neck of the woods; so ordering it from Amazon was a logical decision. Fortunately, the customer service reps handled the issue, refunding all of my money. Don't make the same mistake I did -it takes a long time to go through the return/refund process.
Charlie Rose with Tim Burton; Johnny Depp (November 15, 1999)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • I LOVED IT
  • Nice interview
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ASIN: B000IU32AC
Release Date: 2006-09-18

Description

An interview with the director of the film Sleepy Hollow, Tim Burton. Burton speaks about the inspiration for the film, the classic Washington Irving story on which it is based, and his chemistry with the actor Johnny Depp. Then, Depp, the leading actor in Sleepy Hollow, talks about his performance and shares his reasons for choosing unconventional roles.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I LOVED IT .......2007-05-09

IT WAS LIKE JOHNNY WAS IN THE ROOM .
I SEEN IT 6 TIMES ALREADY IT IS HOT.

4 out of 5 stars Nice interview.......2007-01-11

If you are a really Johnny Depp Fan you should have this
interview (or Tim Burton Fan or both)
The interview is about Sleepy Hollow.
Charlie Rose with George Will; Johnny Depp, Terry Gilliam; Wei Jingsheng (May 11, 1998)
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    Release Date: 2006-11-06

    Description

    First, George Will, syndicated columnist and author of Bunts, speaks about baseball history and Clinton's presidency. Then, Johnny Depp and Terry Gilliam, director, discuss their new movie, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and the author the book the film is based on, Hunter S. Thompson. Finally, Wei Jingsheng, Chinese dissident, speaks about the Communist Part and human rights in China.
    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [Region 2]
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      		Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [Region 2]
      Starring: Johnny Depp , Benicio Del Toro , Tobey Maguire , Ellen Barkin , and Gary Busey
      Director: Terry Gilliam
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      Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [Region 2]
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • Great Extras
      • one hand washes the other, on this Thompson acid trip of exceptional Hollywood
      • Awesome movie!
      • worth every penny
      • Another Terry Gilliam Jewel
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      Starring: Johnny Depp , Benicio Del Toro , Tobey Maguire , Ellen Barkin , and Gary Busey
      Director: Terry Gilliam
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      The original cowriter and director of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was Alex Cox, whose earlier film Sid and Nancy suggests that Cox could have been a perfect match in filming Hunter S. Thompson's psychotropic masterpiece of "gonzo" journalism. Unfortunately Cox departed due to the usual "creative differences," and this ill-fated adaptation was thrust upon Terry Gilliam, whose formidable gifts as a visionary filmmaker were squandered on the seemingly unfilmable elements of Thompson's ether-fogged narrative. The result is a one-joke movie without the joke--an endless series of repetitive scenes involving rampant substance abuse and the hallucinogenic fallout of a road trip that's run crazily out of control. Johnny Depp plays Thompson's alter ego, "gonzo" journalist Raoul Duke, and Benicio Del Toro is his sidekick and so-called lawyer Dr. Gonzo. During the course of a trip to Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race, they ingest a veritable chemistry set of drugs, and Gilliam does his best to show us the hallucinatory state of their zonked-out minds. This allows for some dazzling imagery and the rampant humor of stumbling buffoons, and the mumbling performances of Depp and Del Toro wholeheartedly embrace the tripped-out, paranoid lunacy of Thompson's celebrated book. But over two hours of this insanity tends to grate on the nerves--like being the only sober guest at a party full of drunken idiots. So while Gilliam's film may achieve some modest cult status over the years, it's only because Fear and Loathing is best enjoyed by those who are just as stoned as the characters in the movie. --Jeff Shannon

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      5 out of 5 stars Great Extras.......2007-06-26

      I am not a huge fan of the Fear and Loathing movie, but I bought this strictly for the HST extras. Anyone who is a devout Hunter S. Thompson fan should look into getting this DVD. The Criterion Collection does a great job with the extras and any fan will enjoy the BBC documentary with Ralph Steadman. A must have for any Hunter Thompson fan.

      5 out of 5 stars one hand washes the other, on this Thompson acid trip of exceptional Hollywood.......2007-06-21

      Alright its not the book, and the book is better, all his books are extraordinary, outlaw riding shotgun on the 'American Dream', but this is one of my favorite movies of all time. Johnny Depp is extraordinary, (like we don't know that), I would love to know Mr. Depp in real world friendship, he must be extraordinary to be around and have idle chit-chat with while sipping a Starbucks. I have never seen films or documentaries on Hunter S. Thompson, but I am assuming the amount of work and tireless research involved in this must have been endless and extraordinary to say the least, and I cannot stress enough, that everyone I have given this movie to, everyone from a nun, to a liberal Republican have all found it quite entertaining. Is that not what is supposed to happen when you see a film?

      Terry Gilliam was a fantastic choice for director, I do not think anyone could have brought Hunter to the screen like Gilliam, unless perhaps Depp was directing this himself. (That would have been interesting)

      Each scene is so perfectly percise and its so fluid and fluent, the drug use that is rampid and the reactions in those given situation to the people they are with and the ensuing dialouge are A+ in timing and comedic raw talent.

      I am getting goosebumps just reviewing this. Often I will have Fear and Loathing running in the background when I am perusing the net or have friends over for drinks. The countless classic lines that I will say randomly with people when a given situation arises, are just PRICELESS, and again DEPP is so brilliant, I envy his true, pure talent as an artist.

      The music is awesome, the scenes at the D.A. convention are so off-beat and satiricly ridiculous, however Del Toro and Depp still maintain their professional compusure. I really felt that I connected with this film, a lonely, star child, cross breaded dreamer, who found this gem along side a discount bin one day in my local towns grocery store.

      By far, this line in the opening scenes, just puts the whole movie on pace: " We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, laughers, screamers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get into locked a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon."

      Absolutely amazing, and Johnny's voiceovers throughout the film was such a great decision to make, and I think made the film such a huge hit, because of that voiceover poetry that Hunter S. Thompson had, and that Depp brought to life on the big screen.

      Dr. Gonzo, 'one of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant...' is wonderfully played by Mr. Del Toro, and the chemistry between Gonzo and Depp is sensational. The takes and abundant laughs that must have been part of each and every day on this film, must have been memories that will last a lifetime.

      To hell with the purist on this one, buy it and add it to your collection. Not a five star film in comparison to films like Dead Poet's Society or Empire of the Sun, but certainly a five star in the talent department and entertainment field, and for that in itself, I will give it 4.5.

      One review washed the other.

      Ken

      5 out of 5 stars Awesome movie!.......2007-05-28

      If you haven't seen this movie I don't know where you've been. It's based on the novel written by Hunter S. Thompson, who is one of the most fascinating people of this century. Buy this today.

      5 out of 5 stars worth every penny.......2007-05-14

      really good, besides the awesome movie, the extras show nice features and curiosities from Hunter Thompson`s live.

      5 out of 5 stars Another Terry Gilliam Jewel.......2007-05-08

      This is a polemic movie, either you love it or you hate it.
      But having such a great crew, watch johny depp as Raoul Duke, the alter ego of Hunter S. Thompson getting every kind of drugs and describing how it works on you and Benicio del Toro as the explosive Dr. Gonzo, his sidekick in this search for the american dream on a way that only Hunter S. Thompson could have done.

      Excelent movie, if you like strange movies it's a "you must have this one".
      Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Netherlands ]
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        		Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Netherlands ]
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        Netherlands released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. Languages: o Dutch (subtitles) o English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Synopsis: 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. Special Features: o Scene Access o Trailer(s)

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