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- AddictionDrug AbuseCrimesLife is a BitchMediaPartnersFriendsDisorder more...
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- ComedyCrimePostmodernism
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- 20th Century70s
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- Las Vegas
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- Original
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- Irreverent Humor
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- On the RoadSurreal
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1998
English
USA
Profile of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas can be described as biting, cynical, and captivating. The plot revolves around drug abuse, media, and partners. Its comic aspect comes from irreverent humor. Its main genres are comedy and crime. In terms of style, it is postmodernist, is surreal, and has a road movie structure. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is located in Las Vegas. It takes place in the 20th century. The soundtrack is rock. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being original. Note that it involves brief nudity, drugs/alcohol, and profanity.
Summary of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 22 May 1998 |
| Runtime: | 118 min |
Cast and Crew
as Raoul Duke
as Dr. Gonzo / Oscar Z. Acosta
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Critics Reviews
The Onion (A.V. Club)
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- by: Joshua Klein
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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- by: Rick Groen
Users Reviews
- 18.July.2011
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- by: john
- john rated this movie
8/10Great
- 20.May.2011
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- by: George
- George rated this movie10/10Must See
