GONZO: LIFE AND WORK OF DR. HUNTER S. THOMPSON

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• Release Year: 2008
• Genre: Documentary, Music
• Plot: From Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney and producer Graydon Carter, comes a probing look into the uncanny life of national treasure and Gonzo journalism inventor, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. A fast-moving, wildly entertaining documentary with an iconic soundtrack, the film addresses the major touchstones in Thompson's life - his intense and ill-fated relationship with the Hells Angels, his near-successful bid for the office of Sheriff in Aspen in 1970, the notorious story behind the landmark FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, his deep involvement in Senator George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign, and much more.
• Cast: Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp, Joe Cairo, David Carlo, Victor Ortiz, Gilleon Smith, Alex Ziwak, Melissa Otero, Pierre Adeli, Angela Berliner, Eugenia Care, Brian Kimmet, Oscar Acosta, Muhammad Ali, Sonny Barger, Warren Beatty, Bob Braudis, Douglas Brinkley, Pat Buchanan, Jimmy Buffett, George W. Bush, Patrick Caddell, Jimmy Carter, Tim Crouse, Richard J. Daley, Thomas Eagleton, Gary Hart, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jefferson Airplane, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Timothy Leary, Annie Leibovitz, Frank Mankiewicz, George McGovern, Edmund Muskie, Laila Nabulsi, Richard Nixon, Charles Perry, Grace Slick, Ralph Steadman, George Stranahan, Anita Thompson, Juan Thompson, George Wallace, Jann Wenner, Tom Wolfe, Sondi Wright, Nick Berg, Carl Bernstein, Osama bin Laden, Dick Cheney, David Eisenhower, Jane Fonda, John Kerry, Henry Kissinger, Charles Manson, Bill Murray, Julie Nixon, Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon, Donald Rumsfeld, Bob Woodward, Alex Gibney
• Director: Alex Gibney
• Runtime: 1:58
• Company: Mongrel Media
• Media Format: Movie