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Director:
Terry Gilliam
Starring: Johnny Depp Benicio Del Toro
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Product Summary
Format: DVD
Manufacturer: Home Vision/Public Media
Buy.com Sku: 40176624
UPC: 715515013222
UPC 14: 00715515013222
Category Keywords: 1970s Based On A Novel Drugs Journalists/Journalism Las Vegas, Nevada Motorcycles Theatrical Release
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"We were somewhere around Barstow when the drugs began to take hold."
| When a business trip to las vegas becomes more trip than business, renegade journalist raoul duke and Dr. Gonzo are forced to do the unthinkable, be normal. |
"...the film has the look and feel of a picture that's destined for cult status. James Berardinelli's ReelViews
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Editor's Note
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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DVD, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1 |
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Studio: Home Vision/Public Media |
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Release Date: 2/18/2003 |
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Running Time: 119 minutes |
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Original Release Date: 1998 |
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Catalog ID: 1582-D |
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UPC: 00715515013222 |
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Number of Discs: 1 |
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Original Language: English |
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Available Audio Tracks: English |
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Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio |
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2.35:1 |
Cast & Crew
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Benicio Del Toro |
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Cameron Diaz |
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Christina Ricci |
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Debbie Reynolds |
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Gary Busey |
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Johnny Depp |
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Lyle Lovett |
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Mark Harmon |
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Penn Jillette |
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Tobey Maguire |
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Hunter S. Thompson - Based On Novel By |
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Nicola Pecorini - Cinematographer |
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Terry Gilliam - Director |
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Ray Cooper - Musical Score |
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Michael Kamen - Musical Score |
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Patrick Cassavetti, et al. - Producer |
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Terry Gilliam, et al. - Screenplay |
Awards
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Cannes Film Festival (1998) |
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Terry Gilliam, Nominee, Golden Palm |
Memorable Quotes
| "I think I'm getting the fear."----Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro) to Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) |
| "There I am...uh, clearly I was a victim of the drug explosion."----Duke when he sees the real Hunter S. Thompson |
| "Wait! We can't stop here! This is bat country!"----Duke to Dr. Gonzo |
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