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Release Date: 2011-08-28, Rating: R (Restricted)

ISBN13: 9780679785897. ISBN10: 0679785892. by Hunter S. Thompson. Published by Random House, Inc.. Edition: 71

When a writing assignment lands journalist Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) and sidekick Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro) in Las Vegas, they decide to make it the ultimate business trip. But before long, business is forgotten and trip has become the key word. Fueled by a suitcase full of mind-bending pharmaceuticals, Duke and Gonzo set off on a fast and furious ride through nonstop neon, surreal surroundings and a crew of the craziest characters ever (including cameo appearances by Cameron Diaz, Christina Ricci...

Maverick author Hunter S. Thompson introduced the world to "gonzo journalism" with this cult classic that shot back up the best seller lists after Thompson's suicide in 2005. No book ever written has more perfectly captured the spirit of the 1960s counterculture. In Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race, Raoul Duke (Thompson) and his attorney Dr. Gonzo (inspired by a friend of Thompson) are quickly diverted to search for the American dream. Their quest is fueled by nearly every drug imaginable and...

When a writing assignment lands journalist Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) as sidekick Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro) in Las Vegas, they decide to make it the ultimate business trip. But before long, business is forgotten and trip has become the key word. Fuel by a suitcase full of min-bending pharmaceuticals, Duke and Gonzo set off on a fast and furious ride through nonstop neon, surreal surroundings and a crew of the craziest characters ever (including cameo appearances by Cameron Diaz Christina Ricci...

Pages: 304, Hardcover, Modern Library

Theatrical release: May 22, 1998. Filmed on location in Las Vegas, southern Nevada, and Los Angeles and at Warner Hollywood Studios. The film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 1998. Estimated budget: $21 million. Hunter S. Thompson's book was based on a trip he took with Oscar Zeta Acosta. Benicio Del Toro gained nearly 40 pounds to play Dr. Gonzo. Shooting lasted about 50 days. One of the wardrobe production assistants was Amy Rainbow Gilliam, one of Terry's daughters. ...

NY, Random House, (1971). A review copy of Thompson's second and most famous book, which launched the "Gonzo journalism" style that the author invented and which, by a surprisingly universal consensus, he elevated to the status of art. A classic of the freewheeling, drug-ingesting Sixties era, illustrated with hilarious and scary pen-and-ink drawings by Ralph Steadman. With the publisher's review slip laid in giving the date of publication (June 26, 1972) and with a bookplate laid in signed by Ralph...

Take a wild and wacky fantasy through history with a young boy who teams with a band of dwarf robbers with a map of space/time and encounters the likes of Napoleon, Robin Hood, and King Agamemnon. John ... more

By Hunter S. Thompson Quick Links About the Book Biographical noteBook Details (Top) Format Paperback Pages 224 Publisher Knopf Publishing Group Publication Date May 2, 1998 ISBN 9780679785897 (0679785892) Category Biography & Autobiography : General About the Book (Top) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down...

This Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas poster is officially licensed and features Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) beneath the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas logo; measures 24 x 36 inches.

"We were somewhere around Barstow when the drugs began to take hold." It is 1971, and journalist Raoul Duke barrels towards Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race, accompanied by a trunkful of contraband and his slightly unhinged Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo. But what is ostensibly a cut-and-dried journalistic endeavor quickly descends into a feverish psychedelic odyssey and an excoriating dissection of the American way of life. Director Terry Gilliam and an all-star cast (headlined by Johnny Depp and...

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“Transferred to the screen by Gilliam with a fidelity to the author's imagery ... here it is in all its splendiferous funhouse terror; the closest sensory approximation of an acid trip ever achieved by a mainstream movie.” – The New York Times

Ralph Steadman (born Wallasey, May 15, 1936) is a British cartoonist, renowned for his political and social caricatures and cartoons. Steadman had a long partnership with the American Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, drawing pictures for several of his articles and books. Much of Steadman's artwork revolves around Raoul Duke-style caricatures of Thompson: bucket hats, cigarette holder and aviator sunglasses.