johnny gets more and more perfect by the minute!
first, as a beatnik, now as a gonzo journalist?

i could not ask for more

You will notice 3 main themes to my interest in some movies here... John Cusack, Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp Here's the motherload!

i guess you have to read his books first before watching this.. and i certainly did.. Wah I couldn't believe that he was really him.. ive read the Gonzo book.. and everything fits him..nice work Wayne Ewing

a great look into the life of an amazing man. what i wouldn't give to get a 3 am phone call from the dr... i love him and miss him dearly...

Well your either going to send away to Woody Creek for it or you're not. Not the best doco and heavily biased. But proceeds probably go to Hunter's family. And you'll be a little more of a smart arse HST know it all around your friends, which is a... (read more) Well your either going to send away to Woody Creek for it or you're not. Not the best doco and heavily biased. But proceeds probably go to Hunter's family. And you'll be a little more of a smart arse HST know it all around your friends, which is all ways hip.

Been wanting to see this for years, was not disappointed in the slightest, what a shame it is the deranged bastard shot himself, Kurt Cobane; I personally don't care, Vivian Stanchel; Lets face it setting fire to your own house whilst inside it is a ... (read more) Been wanting to see this for years, was not disappointed in the slightest, what a shame it is the deranged bastard shot himself, Kurt Cobane; I personally don't care, Vivian Stanchel; Lets face it setting fire to your own house whilst inside it is a step sillier than reasonable. But I would have liked to meet Dr Thompson. It was a pleasure to watch one of the extras involving a brief discusion about his fried and attorney Oscar, the often alleged fictional Dr Gonzo. Worth a watch for even those with the most mild of interest in the good Docter. Very good indeed.

Rough, free-flowing document of a few years in the 1990s with gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. While this straight-to-video film gives little insight into his writing, and is technically shoddy (bad sound, bad cinematography, songs are clumsily i... (read more) Rough, free-flowing document of a few years in the 1990s with gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. While this straight-to-video film gives little insight into his writing, and is technically shoddy (bad sound, bad cinematography, songs are clumsily inserted without any reason, etc.) , it gives you a relaxed feeling of hanging out with Thompson during a series of revealing antics: an appearance with Johnny Depp and John Cusack at the Viper Room; spraying uptight Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner with a fire extinguisher; discussing his DUI case with the Aspen City police; illustrator Ralph Steadman confessing he always felt he should have had equal credit with Thompson for their shared works; and, in the most arresting scene, throwing filmmaker Alex Cox (then signed to direct Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) out of his house for having too many animated sequences in the planned film. Often it is difficult to hear Thompson's low, guttural murmurs (there are optional subtitles) but this only adds to the gonzo feeling of the film, which well reflects the subject. There is something perversely satisfying in watching a bonafide genius constantly misbehaving, unafraid to look like a fool, smoking, smoking pot, and constantly drinking (including while driving, not with a bottle but an open glass of Scotch).Enjoyable if ultimately not quite satisfying in its portrait of a major literary figure.

The DVD extras are sometimes even more interesting than what is in the film. We see P.J. O'Roarke discussing Thomas Mann and Vladimir Nabokov with Thompson (one of the few literary discussions); writing a song (and it sounds pretty bad) with Warren Zevon; and discussing the fate of his Fear and Loathing co-pilot Oscar Acosta. Unfortunately, the commentary track with Thompson and filmmaker Wayne Ewing is tedious and not enlightening.

This film is worth seeing for one scene alone. When Alex Cox and his writing partner visit Hunter to discuss their script they have written for fear and loathing. Insanity!

Haha! Han är min hjälte och kommer alltid att vara! Denna dokumentären rekomenderar jag stenhårt för alla Dr. Thompsons fan där ute!!!