Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Raoul Duke
1998
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, Christina Ricci
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.
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YEAR
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AWARD
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CATEGORY/RECIPIENT
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RESULT
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| 1998 |
Golden Palm |
Terry Gilliam |
Nominated |
| 1998 |
Golden Aries |
Best Foreign Actor: Johnny Depp |
Won |
