Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson
Release Date: Jul 4, 2008 - Wide Release
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Film Genre: Documentary
Country: United States
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Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Film Genre: Documentary
Country: United States
» Official Website
» IMDB.com
"Gonzo" is the definitive film biography of a mythic American writer, particularly covering his most provocative and productive period from 1965 to 1975. His wicked words continue to resonate today, at a time when politicians have become manufactured celebrities, shrouding themselves in Teflon, issuing banalities whose only value is that they rarely offend. Too often, contemporary journalists play the politicians game, taking them seriously with a balance they don�t deserve. Thompson never stood for that. He understood, better than any other, that when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
Narrated by Johnny Depp, who portrayed Thompson in the screen version of 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas', "Gonzo" is distinguished by its unprecedented cooperation of Thompson's family, friends and estate and access to clips of never-before-seen (and heard) home movies and audiotapes, passages from unpublished manuscripts, letters, books and articles, as well as previously unpublished artworks and polaroids by Ralph Steadman -- the visionary artist who created a subversively iconic visual landscape for Thompson's words. "Gonzo" is a three-dimensional portrait with a focus on Thompson's work, whose legendary status is due as much to his scintillating writing as his outrageous antics. A die-hard member of the NRA, Thompson was also a coke-snorting, whiskey-swilling, acid-eating fiend. While his pen dripped with venom for crooked politicians, he surprised nervous visitors with the courtly manners and soft-spoken delivery of a Southern gentleman. Careening out of control in his personal life, Thompson also maintained a steel-eyed conviction about righting wrongs. Today, in a time when spin has replaced the search for deeper meaning, Thompson remains an iconic crusader for truth, justice and a fiercely idealistic American way.
Narrated by Johnny Depp, who portrayed Thompson in the screen version of 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas', "Gonzo" is distinguished by its unprecedented cooperation of Thompson's family, friends and estate and access to clips of never-before-seen (and heard) home movies and audiotapes, passages from unpublished manuscripts, letters, books and articles, as well as previously unpublished artworks and polaroids by Ralph Steadman -- the visionary artist who created a subversively iconic visual landscape for Thompson's words. "Gonzo" is a three-dimensional portrait with a focus on Thompson's work, whose legendary status is due as much to his scintillating writing as his outrageous antics. A die-hard member of the NRA, Thompson was also a coke-snorting, whiskey-swilling, acid-eating fiend. While his pen dripped with venom for crooked politicians, he surprised nervous visitors with the courtly manners and soft-spoken delivery of a Southern gentleman. Careening out of control in his personal life, Thompson also maintained a steel-eyed conviction about righting wrongs. Today, in a time when spin has replaced the search for deeper meaning, Thompson remains an iconic crusader for truth, justice and a fiercely idealistic American way.
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