Fear and Loathing

[The732]

Anyone see this movie? IT is one of my favorites.

[goat_launcher]

Hell yeah, it's one of my top favs also. Mind blowing cinematography, and great acting to boot.

Here is useless ass trivia aboyut the movie
Near beginning of the movie, while Dr. Gonzo and Raoul are driving down the highway, there is an accident involving many cars. There is an ambulance about to put a person that is covered with a white sheet in it. If you look on the white sheet, there is a smiley face in blood on it.


Karl

[sidewayzS13]

awesome movie fun to watch in altered states of mind. So ive heard.

[DVS LT1]

lol ya that movie was terrific, especially on a head of acid or shrooms the first... I vividly remember not being able to continue watching the movie the first time when Benitio Deltorro was in the tub yelling and screaming in his dirty underwear - I was so messed up and was like what the hell, I can't take this anymore! Nevertheless, the movie is classic.

Actually, you guys should really sheck out the original Hunter S. Thompson movie called Where the Buffalo Roam starring Bill Murray as Dr. Thompson and the guy who plays Ray Romano's day on everybody loves Raymond as the attorney. I saw that flick years after watching Fear and loathing and you can really appreciate how amazing an actor Jonny Depp is because he builds on Bill Murray's original performance so well. I'm just waiting for the re-release of Where the Buffalo Roam on DVD thats coming out later this month.

[351Cougar]

This is one of my favorite movies.. anyone read the book??

[DVS LT1]

Originally Posted by 351Cougar

This is one of my favorite movies.. anyone read the book??

yeah - books are where its at. And how about that picture of the hitchhiker in the book? Could they have cast anyone better than Tobey Macguire to resemble that drawing??

[goat_launcher]

Originally Posted by DVS LT1

yeah - books are where its at. And how about that picture of the hitchhiker in the book? Could they have cast anyone better than Tobey Macguire to resemble that drawing??

That reminds me - more useless facts!!!!!!!!

Tobey Maguire wears a shirt that has a Ralph Steadman picture on it. Ralph Steadman did the original illustrations for the book and the typeface of the credits is based on his handwriting.

and


When Gonzo stops the car and has an "attack" with Tobey Maguire in the car, Maguire's hair seems different. According to Terry Gilliam's commentary on the Criterion Collection DVD, they shot this scene a few months after the scene where they first picked him up and could not get Tobey Maguire to shave his head for the wig. It would have cost $15,000 extra to put that in his contract initially but they opted not to because the movie was already becoming over budget. They ended up spending well over that using a bald cap and makeup effects, as well as using computer editing to erase the line on his forehead.

Karl

[DVS LT1]

I think I know what you're talking about - I noticed that one minute his hair is "normal" and then next minute it looks totally drenched with sweat...

Say, whats the CC DVD all about - is the movie any longer or is it just bonus features?

[Gotti]

i've tried watching it a couple times when i saw it on satelite but everytime i watch like 10 minutes and it sucks so i start watching something else. The movie seems like it makes no sense... its weird

I should give it a try again

[whtteg]

Originally Posted by Gotti

i've tried watching it a couple times when i saw it on satelite but everytime i watch like 10 minutes and it sucks so i start watching something else. The movie seems like it makes no sense... its weird

I should give it a try again

That is kinda the point, it is supose to be just completely messed up and pointless. That is what makes it funny.

[351Cougar]

Actually its supposed to be about them finding the "American dream".

[fredjacksonsan]

But they were so messed up the whole time they just kept doing what they were doing. The book was great; I haven't seen the movie ... yet.