Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true “free lance, ” goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor’s heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)
  • Rating: (3,675 votes)
  • Runtime:120 minutes
  • Director: Alex Gibney
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Himself (archive footage)
    Hunter S. Thompson
    Himself - Narrator
    Johnny Depp
    New York Studio Shoot
    Joe Cairo
    New York Studio Shoot
    David Carlo
    New York Studio Shoot
    Victor Ortiz
    New York Studio Shoot
    Gilleon Smith
    New York Studio Shoot
    Alex Ziwak
    New York Studio Shoot - Typist
    Melissa Otero
    Taco Stand Shoot
    Pierre Adeli
    Taco Stand Shoot
    Angela Berliner
  • Genres:Documentary, Biography, Music
  • Producers:
    Roy Ackerman
    co-executive producer  
    Graydon Carter
    producer  
    Lisa Cohen
    producer: imaging  
    Mark Cuban
    executive producer  
    Salimah El-Amin
    associate producer  
    Salimah El-Amin
    producer: archival research  
    Alison Ellwood
    producer  
    Don Fleming
    producer: archival research  
    Nick Fraser
    co-executive producer  
    Jannat Gargi
    producer: imaging  
    Alex Gibney
    producer  
    Alexandra Johnes
    production executive  
    Jason Kliot
    producer  
    Eva Orner
    producer  
    Joana Vicente
    producer  
    Stephen Vittoria
    producer: San Francisco  
    Todd Wagner
    executive producer  
  • Plots: Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts. Written by Anonymous
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
  • User's comment:Paging Dr. Gonzo by Seamus2829

    Let's face it, either you loved or hated the life & words of the late Dr.Hunter S.Thompson,you have to admit...he was a piece of work. This documentary attempts to delve into the life (and head)of Thompson (not always with success,but don't let that throw you). The film (narrated by Johnny Depp,who played Thompson in 'Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas',some years back,making him a natural for the job)delves back to his association with the Hells Angels in the mid 1960's (which ended badly),to his being embraced by the whole Hippie counter culture of the later half of that era (along with massive intakes of various drugs),to writing several novels in the early to mid 1970's,to his subsequent downward spiral (in the creative sense),to his eventual death in 2005,by suicide (and his unorthodox memorial service). Hunter Thompson managed to make a name for himself. What I admired was the fact that it goes out of it's way to prove that the sixties was not always the hippie utopia that the baby boomer's make it out to be. What I could have done without was some of the more forgettable music from the 1960's & 1970's (does anybody really want to hear Jimmy Buffet's 'Margaritaville'for the twenty thousandth time?---I sure as hell don't). Apart from that, 'Gonzo:The Life & Work Of Dr.Hunter S. Thompson' will be a "must see" for those who tend to embrace the counter culture, rather than pop culture/trash culture.


  • Also known as: Gonzo - The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Greece - festival title), Gonzo - Vida y trabajo del Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Argentina - festival title), Gonzo: Vida y hazañas del Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Spain), Gonzo: Zivot i rad Dr. Huntera S. Thompsona (Croatia), Gonzoillen: Hunter S. Thompsonin elämä (Finland - TV title), Hunter (USA - working title),

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