Red Mosquito • View topic - MOVIE: Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Farmer John · **Posted:** Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:16 pm

I want to see this.

Starring: Gary Hart, George McGovern, Jann Wenner, Jimmy Buffett, Jimmy Carter
Directed by: Alex Gibney

From Rolling Stone:

Quote:

The good doctor is family around these parts, so cheers to Alex Gibney (Oscar winner for Taxi to the Dark Side) for not screwing up this mesmerizing documentary about the people, places and substances that altered the mind and battered heart of the Kentucky-born inventor of gonzo journalism. Johnny Depp, who paid for the 2005 funeral in which Thompson's ashes were fired out of a cannon, narrates with just the right mix of awe and impertinence. Tom Wolfe, illustrator Ralph Steadman and Rolling Stone editor and publisher Jann S. Wenner check in on navigating the blurred line between fact and fiction that marked Thompson's landmark writing. Family, including son Juan, fill us in on life with the man who declared, "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." The photos, audiotapes and home movies hit hardest because they bring Hunter back. "This won't hurt," he wrote in his suicide note. For those of us who miss the heat of his fear and loathing and the holes he shot into hypocrisy on and off the campaign trail, it hurts plenty.

Trailer:

Mercury · **Posted:** Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:29 pm

When does this come out?

Farmer John · **Posted:** Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:30 pm

As far as I can tell, it's just getting a limited release in the US on July 4. It was already premiered at the Sundance Festival I think. I'll probably have to wait for it on DVD.

jwfocker · **Posted:** Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:19 am

I really enjoyed this. I felt like it was a warts and all kind of trip down his life as a writer and that's how it should have been.

randallanddarcy · **Posted:** Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:05 pm

Is this out on DVD yet? I want it. Bad.

parchy · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:50 am **Posts:** 11842

this is really awesome

jwfocker · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:47 pm

This movie made me want to write when I got home after seeing it.

withoutrings · **Joined:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:24 am **Posts:** 6234

This movie is so-so.

Owl_Farmer · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:08 pm

i didn't know about this :oops:

i need to see it soon

jwfocker · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:28 pm

jcurley wrote:

This movie is so-so.

It is about twenty minutes too long but I still throughly enjoyed it. It's not for everyone.

parchy · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:50 am **Posts:** 11842

spurred me to buy this

jwfocker · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:10 pm

parchy wrote:

spurred me to buy this

malice · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:49 pm

I put this on reserve and then saw it through netflix a few months back- I've always been a fan of Thompson's, and while I thought there was some good clips on there from when he was younger etc, I think it left me rather depressed knowing how far he fell, emotionally, in his personal life, in his career, I dunno- it was probably more info than I really wanted to know about him.

aleywwu · **Posted:** Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:26 am

parchy wrote:

spurred me to buy this

where would i find one of those?
a waiter at a breakfast place i used to frequent had the gonzo fist tattoed on the back of his calf. i'm not a huge fan of branded tattoes, but it looked pretty awesome.

randallanddarcy · **Posted:** Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:32 am

The movie is a bit average. It takes the incidences he's most famous for and goes into a bit of detail (Kentucky Derby, Hell's Angels, Vegas etc), but basically ignores anything he might've done from the late '70's until his death. I mean, we all know about the things listed above, I guess I was hoping for some detail into the less prolific years.

Overall, the movie doesn't do him justice. I finished 'The Great Shark Hunt' recently, and it's amazing. I'm currently on Volume 1 of his letters (Proud Highway), and have Volume 2 (Fear and Loathing in America) on the coffee table for when I'm done with the Volume 1.

BTW, love that shirt above. Where can it be purchased?

malice · **Posted:** Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:11 am

randallanddarcy wrote:

The movie is a bit average. It takes the incidences he's most famous for and goes into a bit of detail (Kentucky Derby, Hell's Angels, Vegas etc), but basically ignores anything he might've done from the late '70's until his death. I mean, we all know about the things listed above, I guess I was hoping for some detail into the less prolific years.

Overall, the movie doesn't do him justice. I finished 'The Great Shark Hunt' recently, and it's amazing. I'm currently on Volume 1 of his letters (Proud Highway), and have Volume 2 (Fear and Loathing in America) on the coffee table for when I'm done with the Volume 1.

BTW, love that shirt above. Where can it be purchased?

Fear and Loathing in America is a superb book.

randallanddarcy · **Posted:** Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:25 am

malice wrote:

randallanddarcy wrote:

The movie is a bit average. It takes the incidences he's most famous for and goes into a bit of detail (Kentucky Derby, Hell's Angels, Vegas etc), but basically ignores anything he might've done from the late '70's until his death. I mean, we all know about the things listed above, I guess I was hoping for some detail into the less prolific years.

Overall, the movie doesn't do him justice. I finished 'The Great Shark Hunt' recently, and it's amazing. I'm currently on Volume 1 of his letters (Proud Highway), and have Volume 2 (Fear and Loathing in America) on the coffee table for when I'm done with the Volume 1.

BTW, love that shirt above. Where can it be purchased?

Fear and Loathing in America is a superb book.

Not to hijack the thread, but they had both volumes of his letters side by side in the store. Thought I'd get 'em both and read 'em both in order. So, I'm still on Proud Highway, but I'm really looking forward to ...In America.

I'd love to have a Kurt Vonnegut book of letters like this. I'd say his correspondence would have been fucking hilarious.

parchy · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:50 am **Posts:** 11842

i swear i saw kurt vonnegut on an outdoor promenade in denver last summer. i know he's "dead," but fuck man, this guy must have been his cousin or an impersonator or something. i had a mini freak-out and got all hopped up and told my buddies i was going to go talk to him, but then i remembered he was dead.

or is he?

parchy · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:50 am **Posts:** 11842

oh yeah btw you can get the tshirt here:

http://www.printfection.com/gonzo-tees? ... 619&qty5=1

randallanddarcy · **Posted:** Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:49 am

I can't believe the mighty HST can't even get a 2 page thread. What's wrong with you fuckers?

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