Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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black comedy film film surrealist film

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 surreal black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam, adapted from Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo journalism novel about a drug-fueled trip to Las Vegas.

Aliases (1)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	black comedy film → film → surrealist film →
basedOn	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas →
basedOnAuthor	Hunter S. Thompson →
castMember	Benicio del Toro → Cameron Diaz → Christina Ricci → Ellen Barkin → Flea → Gary Busey → Johnny Depp → Lyle Lovett → Mark Harmon → Tobey Maguire →
cinematographer	Nicola Pecorini →
countryOfOrigin	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
director	Terry Gilliam →
distributor	Universal Pictures →
editor	Lesley Walker →
genre	black comedy → drug film → road film →
hasCultFollowing	true →
mainCharacter	Dr. Gonzo → Raoul Duke →
musicBy	Ray Cooper → Tomoyasu Hotei → various artists →
narrativeStyle	gonzo journalism →
originalLanguage	English →
portrayedBy	Benicio del Toro → Johnny Depp →
producer	Laila Nabulsi → Stephen Nemeth →
productionCompany	Fear and Loathing LLC → Rhino Films →
releaseYear	1998 →
runtimeMinutes	118 →
screenwriter	Alex Cox → Terry Gilliam → Tod Davies → Tony Grisoni →
setIn	Las Vegas, Nevada → surface form: "Las Vegas" Nevada →
subjectMatter	American Dream → counterculture → drug use →

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas → basedOn → Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas →

Terry Gilliam → directed → Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas →

Ricci → notableWork → Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas →

subject surface form: "Christina Ricci"

Johnny Depp → notableWork → Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas →

this entity surface form: "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)"

Terry Gilliam → notableWork → Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas →