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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: DEPP,JOHNNY EAN: 9781559409308 Format: Anamorphic, Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 1559409304 Label: Criterion Languages: Manufacturer: Criterion MPN: 715515013222 Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Criterion Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 18, 2003 Running Time: 119 minutes Studio: Criterion Theatrical Release Date: May 22, 1998 Editorial Review: Product Description: On a business trip to Las Vegas, renegade journalist Raoul Duke and his friend Dr. Gonzo must resort to the unthinkable and try to act normally. Genre: Feature Film-Comedy Rating: R Release Date: 18-FEB-2003 Media Type: DVD 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 Average Rating:
 Rating: - Good DVD edition of a great film adaptationThere's not much that I can type about the content of this disc's feature that hasn't been stated many times over. Gilliam's filmic version of HST's most popular book features enormous visuals and spot-on performances; it conveys the imagery and milieu of its source as capably as one could expect of it. For an early DVD (this was released a decade ago, only a year into the format's commercial lifespan), this is a pretty decent effort. The audiovisual quality is quite good. The Dolby ... Read More Rating:  - Awesome"Look what God did to us, man!" "God didn't do that to you... you did!" ahahaha I love it. This movie is every bit as good as everyone seems to think it is. A true cinematic classic. Rating: - This Movie Rox!If you haven't seen this yet-You must watch it immediately! As long as you are a fan of Hunter S.'s stuff of course ;) Rating: - Fear and Loathing in Las VegasA Review of the DVD: "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" Starring: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro Director: Terry Gilliam Writing credits: Hunter S. Thompson (book) Terry Gilliam (screenplay) Tony Grisoni (screenplay) Tod Davies (screenplay) Alex Cox (screenplay) Run Time: 118 Minutes Released: 1998 Hunter Thompson practiced total immersion journalism. He called ... Read More Rating: - Who had the trip?This is not a film I would normally choose. The title did warn me. In part I watched because Johnny Depp is in it, but I had to keep reminding myself it was him. There are few such actors in the world. Olivier was one. By the end I was wondering who was having the bad trip - the actors or me! Brilliant but horribly gruesome. I'm glad I wasn't in that 60's |
