Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998)

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Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998)
Criterion Edition DVD





FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS is a whirlwind of a movie, a wacky, drug-laden story backed by a fist-pumping rock & roll soundtrack featuring everything from Wayne Newton and Tom Jones to Combustible Edison and Dead Kennedys. Journalist Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) heads to Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race, bringing along his Samoan lawyer, Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro), in this furious adaptation of the book by Hunter S. Thompson. It is 1971, and Duke and Gonzo are on their way to Sin City with a frightened hitchhiker (a nearly unrecognizable Tobey Maguire) and a trunkful of drugs, which they ingest nonstop. Depp is terrific as Duke, Thompson's alter ego, and Del Toro is a riot as the crazy lawyer. To perfect his Thompsonian performance, Depp spent a lot of time with the good doctor, and it paid off in a film that captures the frenetic pace of the counterculture novel. Director Terry Gilliam, a master of complex, bizarre visual imagery, has a field day interpreting the drug-hazed world in which Duke and Gonzo reside. An all-star cast chimes in with wonderfully offbeat bit parts, including Harry Dean Stanton, Gilliam regular Katherine Helmond, Flea, Cameron Diaz, Ellen Barkin, Christina Ricci, Gary Busey, Lyle Lovett, and others.




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[BobArctor]

Wow, the Criterion Collection looks much better with Steadman's illustration than the regular one with Johnny Depp on it. Does the Criterion Edition differ in any way from the regular release?

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Does the Criterion Edition differ in any way from the regular release?

I'm pretty sure it's the same edit, just much better quality

About the Transfer
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. This anamorphic digital transfer was created from the 35mm interpositive and was supervised by Terry Gilliam. The soundtrack was re-mastered from the original magnetic 6-track masters. The new 5.1 DTS and Dolby Digital soundtracks were remastered at 24-bit; audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle.

[BobArctor]

Ok, just read the following on Wikipedia:

By the time Fear and Loathing was released as a Criterion Collection DVD in 2003, Thompson showed his approval of the Gilliam version by recording a full-length audio commentary for the movie as well as participating in several DVD special features.

Okay, gotta buy it somehow. It's not easy to get Criterion Editions in Europe.

[spudthedestroyer]

I got my Brazil Criterion pretty easily
http://www.playusa.com/playusa.asp?page ... tle=113185

Play.com raised their prices a bit after launching the bookshop though