Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 4:20:29 by Taha HabibThe Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a dramatic affair of a journalist and his lawyer who sat on a journey to Vegas. In their bid to find something, they are accompanied by a massive amount of drugs and alcohol.
The plot has been directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Hunter S. Thompson and Gilliam himself. The main cast includes Johnny Depp as ‘Raoul Duke’, Benicio Del Toro as ‘Dr Gonzo’, Tobey Maguire as ‘Hitchhiker’, Gary Busey as ‘Highway Patrolman’, Michael
Jeter as ‘L. Ron Bumquist’, Penn Jillette as ‘Carnie Talker’, Craig Bierko as ‘Lacerda’ and Harry Dean Stanton as ‘Judge’.
The big-screen version of Hunter S. Thompson’s seminal psychedelic classic about his road trip across Western America as he and his large Samoan lawyer searched desperately for the “American dream”… they were helped in large part by the huge amount of
drugs and alcohol kept in their convertible, The Red Shark.
Trying to reach Vegas before the hitchhiker can go to the police, Gonzo gives Duke a tab of “Sunshine Acid”, then informs him that there is little chance of making it before the drug kicks in.
The next day, Duke arrives at the race, and heads out with his photographer, a man by the name of Lacerda (Bierko). During the coverage, Duke becomes irrational and believes that they are in the middle of a battlefield, so he fires Lacerda, and returns to
the hotel.
He pleads with Duke to throw the machine into the water when the song “White Rabbit” peaks. Duke agrees, but instead throws a grapefruit at Gonzo’s head before running outside.
Duke drops Gonzo off at the airport, after missing the entrance, driving across the tarmac and pulling up right next to the plane, before returning to the hotel one last time to finish his article.
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