Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

	List Price: $29.99 Our Price: $18.99 Your Save: $ 11.00 ( 37% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Magnolia Home Entertainment Starring: Johnny Depp, Hunter S. Thompson Directed By: Alex Gibney
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: GONZO (DVD MOVIE) EAN: 0876964001441 Format: Closed-captioned Label: Magnolia Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Magnolia Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Magnolia Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: 2008-11-18 Running Time: 120 Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: a fan Comment: If you're a fan of HST. This is the best history of his life to date. If you've never met him, you'll know him after watching this... Customer Rating: Summary: Gonzo: The life and work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Comment: This is a very good DVD of Hunter's work!! Very much enjoyed it! Delivered very fast! Customer Rating: Summary: Fantastic Documentary Comment: One of the best documentaries I've seen in a long time. This was very well done, and if you're a Thompson fan, this needs to be in your collection. I thought they did an excellent job of capturing the sentiment of ennui Thompson had for topics such as the collapse of the 'free love' movement, and the pretentious facade of corrupt politicians. It's narrated by Johnnie Depp and has interviews with many of the late Thompson's friends and family. Any fan of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas would love this documentary. Customer Rating: Summary: Great for HST Fans Comment: I bought this for my boyfriend who's a huge Hunter S. Thompson fan. This movie is basically a complete biography of Hunter's life, told my his closest friends and family. I really enjoyed and it so did my boyfriend. It gets pretty personal, but doesn't disappoint. I would definitely recommend this! Customer Rating: Summary: decent documentary Comment: It's a bit less than I built myself up to expect. I'd heard the director explain that he had approached his subject detached and with an intent to show the darker side of the man but what's revealed that already hasn't been in the spotlight for years? A film critic wondered about the hangovers (Ebert). Actually I was curious about the substance abuse myself because one of the most interesting things about Hunter Thompson was that he lived a lifestyle that kills people usually decades before the age he sort of made it to. The exploration of the conflict with the media persona Dr. Gonzo and the man Hunter Thompson was good. I didn't know about his helping Jimmy Carter get started toward the White House. Now I'm totally in the minority on this--but it would have been better to use a little bit less classic rock. I know! I know OK??! Yea, yea the music is great and it brings back that time, etc., etc. I think every documentary I've seen on 60s figures or that era has these 60s rock songs and I could do with them less--not played throughout the whole thing. You don't need a doc on a writer in the 20s with swing playing loudly the whole time. So, anyway this was MY impression. And Depp is cool sitting in a bar properly dressed for his scenes reading famous passages with a pistol in one hand and classic Thompson book in the other, but.. Well I don't know how cool that is. And well, again, what *I* was hoping for was a real outsider perspective that took a cold, hard, sober critical view--not another celebration of a 60s icon. And that's OK but not as interesting to me. Some of the commentators have an interesting thing or two to say. They collected many famous friends in politics and the entertainment industry. I would have appreciated some brilliant rightwinger nut come on and slam Thompson and the counterculture. (Pat Buchanan spoke only as a friend which was very entertaining btw, BUT, he's no nutcase. I'm talking a real Allan Bloom type, although he's dead.) Maybe have a conservative literary critic dismiss his work or a historian to place in better context the social phenomenon of Thompson/Dr. Gonzo. Have a doctor explain in detail that it is a miracle Thompson didn't die form liver failure years ago. Or, here's a good one--have a leftist or two take issue with the politics. Mix it up more I say. It's not like most Americans even to this day approve of what Thompson stood for--let's explore more *why* and why perhaps we shouldn't be so quick to celebrate the counterculture. But look man, if your a fan this doc is must-see and you'll really dig it. It's a small step-up from another Thompson doc BUY THE TICKET TAKE THE RIDE but doesn't go much furthur.
Editorial Reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: a fan Comment: If you're a fan of HST. This is the best history of his life to date. If you've never met him, you'll know him after watching this... Customer Rating: Summary: Gonzo: The life and work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Comment: This is a very good DVD of Hunter's work!! Very much enjoyed it! Delivered very fast! Customer Rating: Summary: Fantastic Documentary Comment: One of the best documentaries I've seen in a long time. This was very well done, and if you're a Thompson fan, this needs to be in your collection. I thought they did an excellent job of capturing the sentiment of ennui Thompson had for topics such as the collapse of the 'free love' movement, and the pretentious facade of corrupt politicians. It's narrated by Johnnie Depp and has interviews with many of the late Thompson's friends and family. Any fan of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas would love this documentary. Customer Rating: Summary: Great for HST Fans Comment: I bought this for my boyfriend who's a huge Hunter S. Thompson fan. This movie is basically a complete biography of Hunter's life, told my his closest friends and family. I really enjoyed and it so did my boyfriend. It gets pretty personal, but doesn't disappoint. I would definitely recommend this! Customer Rating: Summary: decent documentary Comment: It's a bit less than I built myself up to expect. I'd heard the director explain that he had approached his subject detached and with an intent to show the darker side of the man but what's revealed that already hasn't been in the spotlight for years? A film critic wondered about the hangovers (Ebert). Actually I was curious about the substance abuse myself because one of the most interesting things about Hunter Thompson was that he lived a lifestyle that kills people usually decades before the age he sort of made it to. The exploration of the conflict with the media persona Dr. Gonzo and the man Hunter Thompson was good. I didn't know about his helping Jimmy Carter get started toward the White House. Now I'm totally in the minority on this--but it would have been better to use a little bit less classic rock. I know! I know OK??! Yea, yea the music is great and it brings back that time, etc., etc. I think every documentary I've seen on 60s figures or that era has these 60s rock songs and I could do with them less--not played throughout the whole thing. You don't need a doc on a writer in the 20s with swing playing loudly the whole time. So, anyway this was MY impression. And Depp is cool sitting in a bar properly dressed for his scenes reading famous passages with a pistol in one hand and classic Thompson book in the other, but.. Well I don't know how cool that is. And well, again, what *I* was hoping for was a real outsider perspective that took a cold, hard, sober critical view--not another celebration of a 60s icon. And that's OK but not as interesting to me. Some of the commentators have an interesting thing or two to say. They collected many famous friends in politics and the entertainment industry. I would have appreciated some brilliant rightwinger nut come on and slam Thompson and the counterculture. (Pat Buchanan spoke only as a friend which was very entertaining btw, BUT, he's no nutcase. I'm talking a real Allan Bloom type, although he's dead.) Maybe have a conservative literary critic dismiss his work or a historian to place in better context the social phenomenon of Thompson/Dr. Gonzo. Have a doctor explain in detail that it is a miracle Thompson didn't die form liver failure years ago. Or, here's a good one--have a leftist or two take issue with the politics. Mix it up more I say. It's not like most Americans even to this day approve of what Thompson stood for--let's explore more *why* and why perhaps we shouldn't be so quick to celebrate the counterculture. But look man, if your a fan this doc is must-see and you'll really dig it. It's a small step-up from another Thompson doc BUY THE TICKET TAKE THE RIDE but doesn't go much furthur. Oscar® winning director Alex Gibney presents a probing look into the uncanny life of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson inventor of gonzo journalism and author of the landmark Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Accompanied by an iconic soundtrack, this fast moving, wildly entertaining film addresses the major touchstones in Thompson s life from his intense and ill fated relationship with the Hell s Angels to his deep involvement in Senator George McGovern s 1972 presidential election.
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