Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alex Gibney
Hunter S Thompson
Sonny Barger
Tom Wolfe
Sondi Wright
Jimmy Carter
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Synopsis
Hunter S. Thompson is a mythic American figure, a man that Tom Wolfe called our "greatest comic writer," whose suicide, by gunshot, led Rolling Stone Magazine, where Thompson began his career, to devote an entire issue (its best-selling ever) to the man that launched a thousand sips of bourbon, endless snorts of cocaine and a brash, irreverent, fearless style of journalism--named "gonzo" after an anarchic blues riff by James Booker. Borrowing from Kris Kristofferson, Thompson was a "walking contradiction, partly truth, mostly fiction." A die-hard member of the NRA, he 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. Like Jack Kerouac's On the Road, his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (and the movie made from it) remains a wanderlust myth for generation after generation of American youth. And for America's most esteemed journalists--from Tom Wolfe, and Walter Isaacson (former editor of Time) to the NY Times' Frank Rich--he remains an iconic freelance, never afraid to gore every sacred cow in his path. He believed that writing could make a difference. It could change things.
Director
Alex Gibney
Cast
Hunter S Thompson
Sonny Barger
Tom Wolfe
Sondi Wright
Jimmy Carter
Pat Buchanan
George Mcgovern
Ralph Steadman
Douglas Brinkley
Jann Wenner
Tim Crouse
Juan Thompson
George Stranahan
Bob Braudis
Charles Perry
Oscar Acosta
Jimmy Buffett
Pat Caddell
Gary Hart
Anita Thompson
Laila Nabulsi
Johnny Depp
Jimmy Carter
Crew
Roy Ackerman
Maryse Alberti
Joe Cairo
Graydon Carter
Mark Cuban
Salimah El-amin
Salimah El-amin
Alison Ellwood
Alison Ellwood
Don Fleming
Amanda Ford
Nick Fraser
Alex Gibney
Alex Gibney
Steve Holmgren
Lindy Jankura
Patrick Kelly
Jason Kliot
Chris Matson
John Mccullough
Gretchen Mcgowan
Eva Orner
David Schwartz
Hunter S Thompson
Joana Vicente
Tony Volante
Todd Wagner
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Limited Release in United States July 4, 2008
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States 2014
Released in United States January 2008
Released in United States June 2008
Released in United States March 2008
Released in United States October 2008
Released in United States on Video November 18, 2008
Released in United States Summer July 4, 2008
Shown at CineVegas Film Festival (Sure Bets) June 12-21, 2008.
Shown at London Film Festival (Gala) October 15-30, 2008.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Big Nights/Closing Night) April 24-May 8, 2008.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Documentary Films) May 22-June 15, 2008.
Shown at SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival June 16-23, 2008.
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Big Nights/Closing Night) April 24-May 8, 2008.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Documentary Films) May 22-June 15, 2008.)
Released in United States 2014 (Guggenheim Symposium)
Released in United States January 2008 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) January 17-27, 2008.)
Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival March 7-15, 2008.
Released in United States March 2008 (Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival March 7-15, 2008.)
Released in United States June 2008 (Shown at CineVegas Film Festival (Sure Bets) June 12-21, 2008.)
Released in United States June 2008 (Shown at SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival June 16-23, 2008.)
Limited Release in United States July 4, 2008
Released in United States Summer July 4, 2008
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at London Film Festival (Gala) October 15-30, 2008.)
Released in United States on Video November 18, 2008
