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This three minutes of footage (taken from a 1978 BBC doc) was far and away the best part of the movie, but that entire documentary is included on the Criterion edition DVD of Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, so i'd seen it already.

Completing the spectacle were red, white, and blue fireworks as well as the music of Norman Greenbaum and Bob Dylan blasted from giant speakers.

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To date, Johnny Depp has had the opportunity to play the father of Gonzo Journalism twice - the first before Hunter S. Thompson's death, and the second after.

According to police reports, a piece of paper was found in Thompson's typewriter dated "Feb. No More Fun. No More Swimming. The hour long movie starts out with about three minutes of old footage of Hunter, expressing his wish to have his ashes blasted out of a gonzo canon. After he covered Nixon's 1972 reelection campaign, he penned it down in book form as 'Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72'.

The consequences of fame left him burdened from the mid-1970s and he hated the fact that he was too easily recognized in public.

Thompson famously shaved Depp's head in preparation for the performance, and they remained tight friends up until the legendary journalist's death in 2005. 22 '05" and the word, "counselor".

News of his depression was soon reported and his close friends said he found February a "gloomy" month. Later, in 1998, Johnny Depp starred in a film by director Terry Gilliam and played Thompson.

67. No More Walking. In addition to conducting filmmaker interviews and contributing to the news and feature content of the site, Eric also oversees the Movie Reviews section, writes the the weekend box office report (published Sundays), and is the site's resident Stephen King expert. "When I Die" focuses on the extravagant arrangements surrounding Hunters funeral, from the 153-foot-high sculpture of the Gonzo "fist" logo, to the aircraft friendly pyrotechnics that blast Hunters Ashes over the surrounding landscape.

The thing that really annoys me is that the movie basically exploits Hunter's name in order to sell copies, but the movie has almost nothing to do with Hunter.

Although this movie is terrible, there is another documentary about Hunter by the same director which is actually quite good. I didn't buy a DVD to learn about a bunch of people who Hunter didn't even know, creating a monument that we barely get to see.

Juan Thompson found his father's body, called the sheriff's office half an hour later, then walked outside and fired three shotgun blasts into the air to "mark the passing of his father". Over a decade later, he's continuing to advance his interests and expertise. That is 17 years past 50. Whether he would be involved as a star or just as a producer, there's still plenty of great material out there just waiting to be adapted, including Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72,Hell's Angels - or perhaps even a biopic chronicling the man's incredible life.

As mentioned earlier , Depp first channeled Thompson as Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - paired up with Benicio Del Toro as the mad Oscar Zeta Acosta a.k.a. Depp told the Associated Press, "All I'm doing is trying to make sure his last wish comes true. Titled "Football Season Is Over," it read: "No More Games.