An adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel of the same name. The film details a whacky search for the “American Dream”, by Thompson and his crazed, Samoan lawyer. Fueled by the massive amount of drugs they purchased with an advance from a magazine to cover a sporting event in Vegas; they set out in the Red Shark. Encountering police, reporters, gamblers, racers, and hitchhikers; they search for some undefinable thing know only as the “American Dream” and find fear, loathing and hilarious adventures into the dementia of the modern American West.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
  • Rating: (114,159 votes)
  • Taglines:Give us your brain for two hours and you will never be the same again.....(Icelandic) » If there was a trip to be taken, they were there (Australian) »
  • Runtime:118 minutes
  • Director: Terry Gilliam
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Raoul Duke
    Johnny Depp
    Dr Gonzo
    Benicio Del Toro
    Hitchhiker
    Tobey Maguire
    Waitress at North Star Cafe
    Ellen Barkin
    Highway Patrolman
    Gary Busey
    Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
    Katherine Helmond
    L. Ron Bumquist
    Michael Jeter
    Magazine Reporter
    Mark Harmon
    Carnie Talker
    Penn Jillette
    Lacerda
    Craig Bierko
  • Genres:Adventure, Drama
  • Producers:
    Harold Bronson
    executive producer  
    Patrick Cassavetti
    producer  
    Richard Foos
    executive producer  
    John Jergens
    associate producer  
    Laila Nabulsi
    producer  
    Stephen Nemeth
    producer  
    Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt
    co-producer  
  • Plots: The big-screen version of Hunter S. Thompson's seminal psychedelic classic about his road trip across Western America as he and his large Samoan lawyer searched desperately for the "American dream"... they were helped in large part by the huge amount of drugs and alcohol kept in their convertible, The Red Shark. Written by Laurence Mixson
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  • User's comment:The art of character acting... by smriga

    I think the people who reviewed this film are a bit warped for thinking of it as anything less than a masterpiece. This film comes from the glorious days of Johnny Depp taking obscure roles in films and totally immersing himself in the character. Benecio Del Toro's performance was second to none, and I cannot for the life of me comprehend why someone would think this to be the "worst movie ever". God save us that we actually have to think a little when we sit in those awful theatre seats. Heaven forbid we're required to use our imagination a little bit and not have it handed to us in the form of Hollywood mindless pap. The film, del toro, Depp, and of course, Gilliam are all brilliant. I pity the fools who gave this movie a negative review and fail miserably in articulating their reasoning.


  • Quotes: Raoul Duke: One of the things you learn from years of dealing with drug people, is that you can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug. Especially when it's waving a razor-sharp hunting knife in your eye. Raoul Duke: There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die. Raoul Duke: [commenting on the song "One Toke Over the Line" playing on the radio] One toke? You poor fool! Wait till you see those goddamn bats.
  • Also known as: Angst und Schrecken in Las Vegas (Germany - imdb display title), Cтрах и ненависть в Лас-Вегасе (Russia), Delírio em Las Vegas (Portugal), Félelem és reszketés Las Vegasban (Hungary), Fovos kai paranoia sto Las Vegas (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Frykt og avsky i Las Vegas (Norway - imdb display title), Las Vegas Parano (Poland - imdb display title), Las Vegas parano (France), Medo e Delírio (Brazil), Medo e Delírio em Las Vegas (Brazil), Miedo y asco en Las Vegas (Spain - alternative title), Pánico y locura en Las Vegas (Argentina), Paranoja u Las Vegasu (Serbia), Paura e delirio a Las Vegas (Italy), Pelkoa ja inhoa Las Vegasissa (Finland), Peur et dégoût à Las Vegas (Canada - French title), Rasu Begasu o yattsukero (Japan - imdb display title), Ratastel Las Vegasesse (Estonia - imdb display title), Strach a hnus v Las Vegas (Czech Republic), Strah i prijezir u Las Vegasu (Croatia), Vegas'da korku ve nefret (Turkey - Turkish title),

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