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Considered unfilmable for decades, Hunter S. Thompson's literary landmark of psychedelic excess finally met its cinematic match in anarchic visionary director Terry Gilliam (Twelve Monkeys) and two no-holds-barred star performances by Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro.
Raoul Duke (Depp) and his volatile Samoan attorney Dr. Gonzo (del Toro) are en route to Las Vegas, ostensibly on a banal journalistic assignment, but the suitcase full of psychoactive narcotics in their possession tells another story. Beset by bats, horny lizards and runaway hotel carpet upon their arrival, the pair plunge deeper into the pharmaceutically enhanced neon underbelly of the City of Sin on a chemically charged savage journey to the heart of the American Dream.
Flashback to Gilliam and Thompson's trip of a lifetime with this 4K restoration, accompanied by an outstanding selection of bonus material delving into the history of the film and the original book.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- 4K restoration by Arrow Films from the original negative supervised by Terry Gilliam
- High Definition Blu-rayTM (1080p) presentation
- Original 5.1 & 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
- Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by Terry Gilliam, moderated by Phil Stubbs
- Savage: Finding The American Nightmare, an appreciation by film historian Ian Christie
- The Gonzo Papers, an interview with producer Laila Nabulsi
- Grim Memories & Bad Flashbacks, an interview with star Benicio del Toro
- Ignore This Terrible Drug: The Art and Style of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a featurette including interviews with cinematographer Nicola Pecorini, production designer Alex McDowall, costume designer Julie Weiss and editor Lesley Walker
- Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film, a 2006 documentary on the author featuring Depp, del Toro, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, Bill Murray, Sean Penn, John Cusack and others
- Hunter Goes to Hollywood, archive footage of the author filming his cameo in the film
- Four deleted scenes with new optional commentary by Gilliam, including the excised prologue A Dress Pattern
- Spotlight on Location, an original promotional featurette featuring interviews with Gilliam, Depp and del Toro
- Behind the scenes 'B-roll' footage and additional EPK interviews with Gilliam, Depp and del Toro
- Theatrical trailers and TV spots
- Extensive image galleries, including original production designs, storyboards and production stills
- Arrow Video
- 118 mins approx
- Terry Gilliam
- 18
- Johnny Depp
- Benicio del Toro
- Tobey Maguire
- English SDH
- 1998
- English
- 1
- B
- Arrow Video
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Considered unfilmable for decades, Hunter S. Thompson's literary landmark of psychedelic excess finally met its cinematic match in anarchic visionary director Terry Gilliam (Twelve Monkeys) and two no-holds-barred star performances by Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro.
Raoul Duke (Depp) and his volatile Samoan attorney Dr. Gonzo (del Toro) are en route to Las Vegas, ostensibly on a banal journalistic assignment, but the suitcase full of psychoactive narcotics in their possession tells another story. Beset by bats, horny lizards and runaway hotel carpet upon their arrival, the pair plunge deeper into the pharmaceutically enhanced neon underbelly of the City of Sin on a chemically charged savage journey to the heart of the American Dream.
Flashback to Gilliam and Thompson's trip of a lifetime with this 4K restoration, accompanied by an outstanding selection of bonus material delving into the history of the film and the original book.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- 4K restoration by Arrow Films from the original negative supervised by Terry Gilliam
- High Definition Blu-rayTM (1080p) presentation
- Original 5.1 & 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
- Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by Terry Gilliam, moderated by Phil Stubbs
- Savage: Finding The American Nightmare, an appreciation by film historian Ian Christie
- The Gonzo Papers, an interview with producer Laila Nabulsi
- Grim Memories & Bad Flashbacks, an interview with star Benicio del Toro
- Ignore This Terrible Drug: The Art and Style of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a featurette including interviews with cinematographer Nicola Pecorini, production designer Alex McDowall, costume designer Julie Weiss and editor Lesley Walker
- Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film, a 2006 documentary on the author featuring Depp, del Toro, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, Bill Murray, Sean Penn, John Cusack and others
- Hunter Goes to Hollywood, archive footage of the author filming his cameo in the film
- Four deleted scenes with new optional commentary by Gilliam, including the excised prologue A Dress Pattern
- Spotlight on Location, an original promotional featurette featuring interviews with Gilliam, Depp and del Toro
- Behind the scenes 'B-roll' footage and additional EPK interviews with Gilliam, Depp and del Toro
- Theatrical trailers and TV spots
- Extensive image galleries, including original production designs, storyboards and production stills
- Arrow Video
- 118 mins approx
- Terry Gilliam
- 18
- Johnny Depp
- Benicio del Toro
- Tobey Maguire
- English SDH
- 1998
- English
- 1
- B
- Arrow Video
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Excellent film
Although not everyones cup of tea fear and loathing is extremely well made and acted. The combination of Johnny Depp and Terry Gilliam make this fantastic story come to life. The book originally was classed as unfilmable but with the imagination of these 2 it's brought to life spectaculary. Not enough films like this these days
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Fear and loathing
Have you seen my golf shoes. Epic movie and services from zavvi good job
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Absolutely full Gilliamesque experience
Anything you say about Terry Gilliam might be true. He's a true visionary, always has been. This edition of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas has awaken my love for Terry's art again. I feel the need to collect every last bit of hist work now. The quality of the picture, so acid-like, so dreamy, compared to the poor old DVD is incomparable. Just like Time Bandits from Arrow, the picture is crisp, stunning, the sound deepens the experience and the special features finally told me things I wanted and needed to know. I've been holding on for a long time before buying it, but I'm really glad I bought it FINALLY. And now I can tell I'm gonna buy every last film by Terry very soon.
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Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Fantastic restoration on the dvd, Received very fast and in perfect condition, would highly recommend.
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