Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) movie poster

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

"Buy the ticket, take the ride."
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๐Ÿ‘ 86%Google users liked it archived
Critics Score
๐ŸŽฌ 46% (RT: 51%, MC: 41) โ„น๏ธRT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Runtime
1h 58m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.2/10 (4,954 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
51%
Metacritic
41
Cast
Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke
Benicio del Toro as Dr. Gonzo
Tobey Maguire as Hitchhiker
Michael Lee Gogin as Uniformed Dwarf
Larry Cedar as Car Rental Agent - Los Angeles
Brian Le Baron as Parking Attendant
Katherine Helmond as Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
Michael Warwick as Bell Boy
Yes. 86% of real audiences liked it based on 4,954 votes. Critics scored it lower at 46%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge. Wikipedia โ†—
Fun Facts
  • Eagle-eyed viewers have noticed a hidden easter egg referencing Terry Gilliam's previous film in the background of the opening scene.
  • During the filming of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Johnny Depp improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
  • Before Johnny Depp was cast, several major A-list stars turned down the lead role because they felt the script was too risky.
Audience Consensus

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 American psychedelic road comedy directed by Terry Gilliam, based on Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 novel. Johnny Depp stars as Raoul Duke, a barely fictionalized Thompson, and Benicio del Toro as his attorney Dr.

Gonzo, who load a red convertible with a suitcase full of drugs โ€” including mescaline, acid, cocaine, amyl nitrate, and ether โ€” and drive to Las Vegas ostensibly to cover a motorcycle race but actually to pursue the American Dream through a haze of pharmaceutically induced hallucination. Terry Gilliam's direction transformed Thompson's already hallucinatory prose into a visual onslaught of warping carpets, melting faces, lizard-people in casino lounges, and adrenochrome nightmares that made the audience share Duke's chemically altered perception. Johnny Depp, who lived with Thompson for months and adopted his mannerisms with obsessive precision, delivered a performance that was simultaneously comic and disturbing.

Fear and Loathing earned $10 million on a $18 million budget but became a massive cult classic.

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