Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood (1978)

Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood

1978

Documentary TV Movie

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Nigel Finch

Cast

Audrey Hepburn as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill Murray as Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)

Brian Doyle-Murray as Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)

Dean Martin as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edward Judd as Reader (voice)

Hunter S. Thompson as Self

John Dean as Self (uncredited)

Mel Ferrer as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)