Hunter S. Thompson

Johnny Depp started off as a punk band guitarist, turning to acting to help pay the bills. But his dabbling catapulted him to global fame and there was no going back. Throughout his career, Depp has had fame and infamy in equal measure. His roles are often that of the isolated anti-hero: Edward Scissorhands, Donnie Brasco, Raoul Duke in Las Vegas Parano, and Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. His poetic outsider characters reveal a critical view of American society.

Hunter S. Thompson went to the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago as a journalist and returned home disgusted, yet motivated by what he’d just seen: violently suppressed protests, riots, corrupt politicians, and abusive cops. Back in Aspen, he finds more of the same. The local police and sheriff’s departments are targeting young people, harassing and charging them with absurd crimes and trying to push them out of town. Hunter decides he has to do something to change the police brutality that has become the norm.

This rockumentary-style presidential portrait shows how Jimmy Carter reinvigorated a post-Watergate America—with the music of the counterculture, including the Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and Jimmy Buffett.

O documentário mostra o trabalho do aclamdo ilustrador Ralph Steadman. Junto com Johnny Depp, seu amigo e admirador, eles seguem em uma jornada de alto astral, revendo vida e obra de um dos artistas mais radicais e distintos dos últimos 50 anos. Além disso, Steadman observa pela primeira vez seus desenhos sendo trazidos a vida através da magia da animação.

Paul é um jornalista que, cansado do ritmo de Nova York, se muda para Porto Rico. Chegando lá, se apaixona pela ilha paradisíaca. Após ser recrutado para escrever a favor de um empresário que tem um esquema corrupto na ilha, Paul tem que decidir entre compactuar com ele ou expor a verdade.

Animals, Whores & Dialogue is more than just a sequel to Wayne Ewing's 2003 Breakfast with Hunter which Variety declared to be a movie "that captures the essence of his [Hunter Thompson's] jazzy pop journalism." This new feature length documentary goes even deeper into Gonzo journalism with intimate scenes of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson at work writing, editing, and recounting the creation of classics like Hells Angels and Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas. Animals, whores & dialogue were metaphors and an element Hunter almost always wove into his writing, and the words were emblazoned on his typewriter.

Este documentário sobre o inventor do jornalismo gonzo Dr. Hunter S. Thompson aborda os principais marcos de sua vida: sua relação intensa com o Hells Angels, sua candidatura quase bem-sucedida ao cargo de xerife em Aspen, seu envolvimento na campanha presidencial do Senador McGovern e muito mais.

Este documentário sobre o inventor do jornalismo gonzo Dr. Hunter S. Thompson aborda os principais marcos de sua vida: sua relação intensa com o Hells Angels, sua candidatura quase bem-sucedida ao cargo de xerife em Aspen, seu envolvimento na campanha presidencial do Senador McGovern e muito mais.

Annie Leibovitz nasceu em 1949 e é um dos mais famosos nomes no ramo da fotografia das três últimas décadas. A fotógrafa possui um trabalho variado: retrata o glamour e a riqueza em revistas de moda e comportamento ao mesmo tempo em que capta os horrores praticados nos combates militares. O documentário traz para o cinema um acompanhamento do processo de sua criação artística, como o momento no set de filmagem de “Maria Antonieta”, as experiências da carreira, sua relação com a fama e a vida em família.

A personal, intimate look at journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a special emphasis on his Hollywood relationships. It captures the legacy and "gonzo" spirit of one of this century's most notorious figures - a man whose life and work regularly intersected with some of the biggest names in the world of film, politics, journalism and sports.

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

The director paints a car with the Canadian flag and embarks on a road trip through America in search of the meaning of the so-called American Dream, ultimately searching out Hunter S. Thompson to hear his wisdom.

Breakfast with Hunter is a feature length documentary starring the infamous outlaw journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Edited by director Wayne Ewing from cinema verite film and digital video that he shot over many years on the road with Dr. Thompson, Breakfast with Hunter follows several story lines in the trials (literally) and triumphs of this cultural icon who created his own genre of writing - Gonzo journalism.

Hunter Thompson visits the set of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

A look at the life and influence of acclaimed sixties writer Ken Kesey. Features archive footage of his 1964 Magic Bus Tour with The Merry Pranksters.

1971. Raul Duke - famoso jornalista - e Gonzo - advogado latino - fazem uma viagem até Las Vegas. Lá chegados, consomem ininterruptamente - durante um fim de semana - todo o tipo de drogas. O resultado é a infração de todas as regras existentes na cidade.

1971. Raul Duke - famoso jornalista - e Gonzo - advogado latino - fazem uma viagem até Las Vegas. Lá chegados, consomem ininterruptamente - durante um fim de semana - todo o tipo de drogas. O resultado é a infração de todas as regras existentes na cidade.

When twenty-six-year-olds Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn quit their Hollywood jobs, packed up a borrowed car and hit the road, it was with the deeply felt conviction that somewhere, shrouded in the din of talk shows and tabloid headlines, they'd discover the real America, alive and well in all of its regions and demographics.

Hunter S. Thompson speaks out on: the Iran/Contra affair, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Politicians and Lawyers, John McFarlaine, Oliver North, and Richard Nixon.

O jornalista gonzo Hunter S. Thompson participou da contracultura e viveu aventuras bizarras, reais e imaginadas, entre os anos de 1968 e 1972. Em muitas situações, seu próprio advogado, Carl Lazlo, esteve presente.

Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood, also known as Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision, is a documentary film produced by BBC in 1978 on the subject of Hunter S. Thompson, directed by Nigel Finch. The road trip/film pairs Thompson with Finch's fellow Briton the illustrator Ralph Steadman. The party travel to Hollywood via Death Valley and Barstow from Las Vegas, scene of the pair's 1971 collaboration. It contains interviews with Thompson and Steadman, as well as some short excerpts from some of his work.