FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
USA, 1998 / 118 min / English OV / Comedy, Drama
An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge. Seeking to escape the cynical reality of the 1970s, they intend to rediscover the “true spirit” of the American Dream that animated the 1960s.
| Mon | 08/03 | 18:30 | Ciné Utopia | EN OV | Public | https://luxfilmfestfilms.megatix.be/en/HO00003355 |
- Golden Aries for the Best Foreign Actor – Johnny Depp, Russian Guild of Film Critics, 1998 (Russia)
After directing his fellow Pythons in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Meaning of Life, American-born British film director, screenwriter, animator, actor and comedian Terry Gilliam went on to write and direct films including Jabberwocky, Time Bandits and Brazil which was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Art Direction. The Fisher King, won the Silver Lion in Venice in 1996, whereas 12 Monkeys competed for a Golden Bear at the 46th Berlinale in 1996. Two years later, he was nominated for the Palme d’Or in Cannes for his adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. A directorial all-rounder, Terry has also turned his hand to opera – directing Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust at the English National Opera. His labour of love, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, starring Jonathan Pryce and Adam Driver, received the longest standing ovation in the history of closing films at Cannes 2018.
- 2018 – The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
- 2013 – The Zero Theorem
- 2011 – The Wholly Family (short)
- 2010 – The Legend of Hallowdega (short)
- 2009 – The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
- 2005 – Tideland
- 2005 – The Brothers Grimm
- 2002 – Secret Tournament (short)
- 1998 – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- 1995 – 12 Monkeys
- 1991 – The Fisher King
- 1988 – The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- 1985 – Brazil
- 1983 – The Crimson Permanent Assurance (short)
- 1983 – The Meaning of Life
- 1981 – Time Bandits
- 1977 – Jabberwocky
- 1975 – Miracle of Flight (short)
- 1975 – Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- 1968 – Storytime (short)
