Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood, also known as Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision, is a documentary film produced by BBC Omnibus in 1978 on the subject of Hunter S. Thompson, directed by Nigel Finch.
The film pairs Thompson with illustrator Ralph Steadman, as they travel to Hollywood via Death Valley and Barstow from Las Vegas.[1] It also includes scenes of Thompson's home, Owl Farm in Aspen, Colorado, and contains interviews with Thompson and Steadman, as well as some short excerpts from Thompson's writings and displays some of Steadman's artwork.
Factual inaccuracies
The film's narrator states that Thompson was a former member of the
Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. The narrator also states that Thompson ran for sheriff in his hometown of Aspen, Colorado. Thompson's hometown was Louisville, Kentucky—not Aspen. According to Thompson's son Juan, the Thompson family had been in Kentucky for generations.[2]
Availability
The film is featured in The Criterion Collection edition of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Notes and references
- ISBN 978-0-434-01606-8
- ISBN 978-0-307-26535-7.
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Criterion Collection, disc 2
- Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood at IMDb