![]() ![]() Duke checks into his suite, only to be met by an LSD-tripping Gonzo, and a young girl by the name of Lucy (Ricci) he has brought with him. Realizing that he is being set up, Duke instead decides to return to Las Vegas, and reads a telegram from Gonzo, informing him that he has a suite in his name at the Flamingo Las Vegas so he can cover a District Attorney’s convention on narcotics. As he nears Baker, California, a highway patrolman (Busey) pulls him over for speeding, and advises him to sleep at a nearby rest stop. The next morning, Duke awakes to a massive room service bill, and no sign of Gonzo (who had returned to Los Angeles while Duke slept), and attempts to leave town. Duke agrees, but instead throws a grapefruit at Gonzo’s head before running outside. He pleads with Duke to throw the machine into the water when the song “White Rabbit” peaks. When Duke returns, he finds that Gonzo, after consuming a full sheet of LSD, has trashed the room, and is sitting fully clothed in the bathtub, attempting to pull the tape player in with him, as he wants to hear the song better. Back in the hotel room, Duke leaves Gonzo unattended, and tries his luck at a quick round of roulette. After consuming more mescaline, as well as huffing diethyl ether, Duke and Gonzo arrive at the Bazooko Circus casino, but leave shortly afterwards, the chaotic atmosphere frightening Gonzo. ![]() During the coverage, Duke becomes irrational and believes that they are in the middle of a battlefield, so he fires Lacerda, and returns to the hotel. The next day, Duke arrives at the race, and heads out with his photographer, a man by the name of Lacerda (Bierko). By the time they reach the strip, Duke is in full throes of his trip, and barely makes it through the check-in all the while hallucinating that the hotel clerk is a moray eel, and that his fellow bar patrons are lizards in the depths of an orgy. Trying to reach Vegas before the hitchhiker can go to the police, Gonzo gives Duke part of a sheet of “Sunshine Acid”, then informs him that there is little chance of making it before the drug kicks in. ![]() The young man soon becomes terrified of the antics of the duo, and flees on foot. However, they have also decided to take advantage of the trip by purchasing a large number of drugs, and rent a Cadillac Eldorado convertible. Duke has been assigned by an unnamed magazine to travel to Las Vegas and cover the Mint 400 motorcycle race. Shortly afterward, the duo stop to pick up a young hitchhiker (Maguire), and explain what they are doing. Duke, under the influence of mescaline, complains of a swarm of giant bats, before going through the pair’s inventory of psychoactive drugs. Gonzo (del Toro) speeding across the Nevada desert. The film opens with a montage of news clips of Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War protests while The Lennon Sisters cover of “My Favorite Things” plays over them, before cutting to Raoul Duke (Depp) and Dr. It has since become a cult film due in large part to its release on DVD, including a Special Edition released by The Criterion Collection. The film was a box office failure, grossing US$10.6 million at the North American box office, well below its $18.5 million budget. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 American dark comedy/fantasy film directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke and Benicio del Toro as Dr. ![]()
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