Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Benicio Del Toro, Cameron Diaz, Christina Ricci

Journalist Raoul Duke and his lawyer Dr Gonzo drive from LA to Las Vegas on a drugs binge. They nominally cover news stories, including a convention on drug abuse, but also sink deeper into a frighten...( read more  read more... )ing psychedelic otherworld. As Vietnam, Altamont and the Tate killings impinge from the world of TV news, Duke and Gonzo see casinos, reptiles and the American dream.

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R, 1 hr. 58 min.

Directed by: Terry Gilliam

Released: May 22, 1998

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DVD Released: November 17, 1998

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  • March 22, 2009
    The kids have this thing they do late at night on the weekends called Road Tripping. You go out in your vehicle and drive around all night drinking and smoking dope. Apparently it's a good old time, yet I don't know how safe it actually is. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a fil... ...( read more )
  • January 18, 2009
    "Jesus God almighty look at that bunch over there man!"


    Favorite JD role
    **review later**
  • December 22, 2008
    Crazy ass cool production design. Favourite line was "There he goes, one of God's prototypes. Too weird to live, too rare to die." A bit too much drugs for me though.
  • November 15, 2008
    Depp and Del Toro deliver, as usual. And the direction and visuals are pretty impressive, too.
  • October 17, 2008
    ''A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to handle this trip.''

    An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psycha... ...( read more )
  • June 26, 2009
    Midnight showing. With a reggae band playing before it. Lot's of fun. People were tokin up in front of us. My friend to this day claims he didn't get contact...but oh.. i know the truth.

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  • keltea
    March 31, 2008
    Z LIVES!
  • MorpheusOne
    September 29, 2007
    It sounds insane, ...reminiscent of Trainspotting & London, it makes me wonder who in this movie perceives reality as it is & who perceives it as they want, fear, or dare to. And the same goes for the ppl who have/would watch(ed) this movie, especially for the ppl who don't see this movie's purpose & therefore didn't/wouldn't enjoy it.
  • elks86
    June 3, 2007
    this is the best movie to watch if you get stoned. Hilarious and weird!
  • dylanne17
    May 27, 2007
    not only the greatest drug movie of all time but one of the best movies ever made, i can watch this movie over and over again.
  • nightmaresR4ever
    April 12, 2007
    I luv this movie!
  • darkbloodlife
    March 29, 2007
    Can't wait to go on my own savage journey into the heart of the american dream.

    R.I.P
    H.S. Thompson
  • edmundthedaddy
    February 22, 2007
    i love the voice depp puts on, realy adds to the film. the book is better in my opinion but thats always the case
  • SilentZombie
    February 17, 2007
    loved both film and book cant wait for the rum diary to come out.
  • r3gorman
    February 17, 2007
    if u want a trip just get some beers and stayin and watch this one ace film just as gd with out the beers lol
  • xgirl888
    January 27, 2007
    insane..but hilarious! love the book, love the movie!

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