Based on a real trip that gonzo (hence the name) journalist Hunter S Thompson took with Oscar Zeta Acosta, a Mexican American lawyer and activist ( who mysteriously disappeared), Terry Gilliam’s cinematic adaptation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a cult-classic hit. ![]() You have to wonder where Gonzo got his law degree, or his doctorate for that fact. And we’re going to have to arm ourselves – to the teeth.” It blows my weekend cause naturally I’m going to have to go with you. Get the hell out of LA for at least 48 hours. As your attorney, I advise you to rent a very fast car with no top. “You’re going to need plenty of legal advice before this thing is over. “That sounds like real trouble,” Gonzo warns him. ![]() ![]() “They want me to go to Las Vegas at once,” he tells Gonzo. Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) is sipping Singapore slings by a hotel pool with his lawyer, Dr Gonzo (Benecio Del Toro), when he receives a phone call from ‘headquarters’.
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