"Omnibus" Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision (1978)

TV Series: "Omnibus" (1967) Original Air Date: 1978 Genre: Documentary Runtime: 51 min Country: UK Language: English It would be enough for an avid fan to an admirer of (the late) Dr. Hunter S. Thomspon to watch this documentary (if you get the Fear & Loathin in Las Vegas DVD it's a given) to see inside his mind and manners first hand, if you haven't before. The film follows him from his Owl Ranch in Aspen (with even rarer glimpses of his wife and only child) to Las Vegas, and then to Hollywood to meet with screenwriters about the film Where the Buffalo Roam, not to mention hilarious political satire with two of the 'Murrays (Bill and Brian). But that the film is also fairly well made and experimental (in the good, sturdy 'Gonzo' tradition) is a nice bonus; the filmmakers edit together their footage of Thompson and Steadman on the road, and then into Hollywood (he also meets with John Dean, of all people, and its a fascinating interview by the way), with real clips of Nixon and audio clips of the 'Las Vegas' book. It's all like a great wash of Thompson-mania, with the BBC not getting in the way much at all (aside from being a buffer) with Thomson's brilliance and madness. But its the little points that also make the doc worthwhile; the way he treats his bird on Owl Farm; the attitudes he has as he and Steadman drive from Vegas to Hollywood (funny, but also nerve-wracking in the best possible way); Thompson's true little moments in interviews. Throughout the doc, the interviewers try to find the 'real' Doctor, but if you can't find it in his works, then you're likely to find it here. But in the end, Thompson is very real in front of the cameras (which he has a mild curious nature with), giving his thoughts on his feelings of politics (Nixon chiefly), drugs, his own career, and his own persona. At the least it should serve as a fine little look into the man on film (albeit with some chemicals in him during it). At the most for the fans, simply put, it's priceless. Movie is also known as "Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood". Cast: Hunter S. Thompson ... Himself Brian Doyle-Murray ... Himself/Nixon Voter Mel Ferrer ... Himself (archive footage) Audrey Hepburn ... Herself (archive footage) Dean Martin ... Himself (archive footage) Bill Murray ... Himself/Nixon Voter Ralph Steadman ... Himself Movie info: VIDEO: [DIVX] 720x480 24bpp 23.976 fps 1199.8 kbps (146.5 kbyte/s) AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 16000->192000)

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joke76 (2008-01-24)

Fine upload Pest66! Thanks.

bio_tec (2009-04-19)

thank i will seed when it finishes i am also going to try and upload my thompson collection any tip i never uploaded b4 but i sure i figure it ok well yhanks again

jdb00 (2009-07-20)

thx!!

spunkster (2010-12-05)

Louder and clearer than the other torrent of this (which is labelled "Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood"), but the audio gets out of sync towards the end.

spunkster (2010-12-05)

Louder and clearer than the other torrent of this (labelled "Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood"), but the audio gets out of sync as you progress towards the end.