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DVD : Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Criterion CollectionIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey directed by: Terry Gilliam  List Price: $39.95 Amazon.com's Price: $24.99 You Save: $14.96 (37%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Image Entertainment EAN: 9781559409308 Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 1559409304 Label: Criterion Manufacturer: Criterion Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Criterion Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 18, 2003 Running Time: 118 minutes Studio: Criterion Theatrical Release Date: May 22, 1998 Sales Rank: 4550 MPN: PMIDCC1582D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 02/18/2003 Run time: 119 minutes 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:  - Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas ReviewIt's good. I enjoy it. A lot. That is, I enjoy it more than a little. It's good. Funny. Rather humorous. I recommend it. Rating: - An exposé for Rolling Stone magazine about the killing of Ruben SalazarThe reviewer is right who stated the mainstream doesn't get Gilliam. Bottom line is people will still be talking about this movie 100 years from now when most of the Academy pop favs will be forgotten. I thought I had to clarify what is actually happening and why Depp is in LV to begin with. "The novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas accounts for two trips to Las Vegas, Nevada, that Hunter S. Thompson and attorney Oscar Zeta Acosta took in March and April of 1971. He was writing an exposé ... Read More Rating: - Clever and HilariousFear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a Terry Gilliam film, is an adaptation of Hunter Thompson's classic autobiographical account about his experience covering a motorcycle race in Nevada in the early 1970's. The late Thompson's book has become one of the most widely read cult classics in literature and Gilliam stays true to form with his contribution to it, creating a near literal, cinematic translation. Gilliam lent his adept directorial skills to other memorable films such as The Fisher King, Twelve Monkeys, ... Read More Rating: - own this!This is the most hilarious and scary drug movie that you will ever see! Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro are fantastic in this as a writer and his agent! Christina Ricci and Tobey MacGuire make appearances in this! You wouldnt believe everything these guys did and they lived for many many years after this happened! Very adventurous and fun! Own this! Rating: - Breathtakingly HonestTo the typical viewer, this movie is just a wacky comedy with drugs, foul language, and Johnny Depp. However, to the serious movie connoisseur, this is an amazing exploration of an era almost forgotten by society and time. The way it portrays two typical 70's hippies is perfect, right down to the copious amounts of drugs they use. Johnny Depp also does a breathtaking performance as American journalist Hunter S. Thompson, perfecting the man's mannerisms and odd sense of style. ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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