Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

Director:

Terry Gilliam

Writers (WGA):

Hunter S. Thompson (book)
Terry Gilliam (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

22 May 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Give us your brain for two hours and you will never be the same again.....(Icelandic)

Plot:

An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychadelic escapades.

Plot Keywords:

White Rabbit | Dwarf | Desert | Motorcycle | Highway Patrol

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Johnny Depp	...	Raoul Duke
Benicio Del Toro	...	Dr. Gonzo / Oscar Z. Acosta
Tobey Maguire	...	Hitchhiker
Ellen Barkin	...	Waitress at North Star Cafe
Gary Busey	...	Highway Patrolman
Christina Ricci	...	Lucy
Mark Harmon	...	Magazine Reporter at Mint 400
Cameron Diaz	...	Blonde TV Reporter
Katherine Helmond	...	Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
Michael Jeter	...	L. Ron Bumquist
Penn Jillette	...	Carnie Talker
Craig Bierko	...	Lacerda
Lyle Lovett	...	Road Person
Flea	...	Musician
Laraine Newman	...	Frog-Eyed Woman
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Judge
Tim Thomerson	...	Hoodlum
Michael Lee Gogin	...	Uniformed Dwarf
Larry Cedar	...	Car Rental Agent - Los Angeles
Brian Le Baron	...	Parking Attendant
Michael Warwick	...	Bell Boy
Tyde Kierney	...	Reporter
Richard Riehle	...	Dune Buggy Driver
Ransom Gates	...	Dune Buggy Passenger
Frank Romano	...	Dune Buggy Passenger
Gil Boccaccio	...	Desert Inn Doorman
Gary Bruno	...	Desert Inn Doorman
Richard Portnow	...	Wine Colored Tuxedo
Steve Schirripa	...	Goon
Verne Troyer	...	Wee Waiter (as Verne J. Troya)
Will Blount	...	The Black Guy
Ben Yeagar	...	Clown Barker
Christopher Callen	...	Bazooka's Circus Waitress
Ben Van Der Veen	...	TV Crew Man
Alex Craig Mann	...	Stockbroker
Gregory Itzin	...	Clerk at Mint Hotel
Troy Evans	...	Police Chief
Gale Baker	...	Police Chief's Wife
Christopher Meloni	...	Sven, Clerk at Flamingo Hotel (as Chris Meloni)
Chris Hendrie	...	Executive Director
Larry Brandenburg	...	Cop in Back
Donald Morrow	...	Voice of Drug Film Narrator (voice)
Jenette Goldstein	...	Alice the Maid
Stephen Bridgewater	...	Human Cannonball
Buck Holland	...	Shopper
Mary Gillis	...	Shopper
Jennifer Elise Cox	...	Shopper
Robert Allen	...	Car Rental Agent - Los Angeles
David Brisbin	...	Man in Car
James O'Sullivan	...	Newscaster
Milt Tarver	...	Newscaster
Kathryn Alexander	...	Lounge Lizard
Mia Babalis	...	Lounge Lizard
Kristin Draudt	...	Lounge Lizard
Kim Flowers	...	Lounge Lizard
Nan Friedman	...	Lounge Lizard
Judith Lieff	...	Lounge Lizard
Tane McClure	...	Lounge Lizard
Diana Mehoudar	...	Lounge Lizard
Geoffrey B. Nimmer	...	Lounge Lizard
Marlene Bologna	...	Trapeze Artist
Chobi Gyorgy	...	Trapeze Artist
Karen E. Castoldi	...	Trapeze Artist
Lisa Hoyle	...	Trapeze Artist (as Lisa S. Hoyle)
Joseph S. Griffo	...	Trapeze Artist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ray Cooper	...	Distinguished Man (scenes deleted)
Trudi Forristal	...	Lizard Performer
Debbie Reynolds	...	Herself (voice)
Kacee DeMasi	...	Hooker (uncredited)
Eva Ford	...	American Flag Girl (uncredited)
Matthew Hurley	...	Street performer (uncredited)
Bryce Ingman	...	Man With White Elephant (uncredited)
Khris Kaneff	...	Pit Boss (uncredited)
Brian D. Kline	...	Medical Angel (uncredited)
Walt G. Ludwig	...	Mark Allen Race Official (uncredited)
Hunter S. Thompson	...	Other Duke in Matrix Flashback (uncredited)

Directed by
Terry Gilliam

Writing credits (WGA)
Hunter S. Thompson		(book)
Terry Gilliam		(screenplay) &
Tony Grisoni		(screenplay) and
Tod Davies		(screenplay) &
Alex Cox		(screenplay)

Produced by
Harold Bronson	....	executive producer
Patrick Cassavetti	....	producer
Richard Foos	....	executive producer
John Jergens	....	associate producer
Laila Nabulsi	....	producer
Stephen Nemeth	....	producer
Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Ray Cooper

Cinematography by
Nicola Pecorini

Film Editing by
Lesley Walker

Casting by
Margery Simkin

Production Design by
Alex McDowell

Art Direction by
Chris Gorak

Set Decoration by
Nancy Haigh

Costume Design by
Julie Weiss

Makeup Department
Rob Bottin	....	demon makeup effects
Rob Bottin	....	lounge lizards design
Bridget Cook	....	hair stylist
Bill Fletcher	....	wig maker
Lynn Del Kail	....	hair stylist
Matthew W. Mungle	....	special makeup effects artist (as Matthew Mungle)
Cheryl Ann Nick	....	key makeup artist (as Cheryl Nick)
Ellen Powell	....	hair stylist
Cindy Rose	....	hair stylist
Bob Scribner	....	second makeup artist
Danny Valencia	....	second hair stylist
Victoria Wood	....	wig maker
Patty York	....	key makeup artist
Michael McCracken Jr.	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Lisa Rocco	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Mike Smithson	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Mark Indig	....	unit production manager
Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt	....	unit production manager
Michael Solinger	....	post-production supervisor (as Mike Solinger)
Lorie Zerweck	....	unit production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Douglas Aarniokoski	....	first assistant director: second unit
Ingrid K. Behrens	....	second assistant director: second unit (as Ingrid Behrens)
Seth Edelstein	....	second second assistant director: Las Vegas
Christina Fong	....	second assistant director
Bruce Logan	....	second unit director
Jamie Marshall	....	second second assistant director
Philip A. Patterson	....	first assistant director (as Philip Patterson)

Art Department
Steve Arnold	....	art director: Las Vegas
Paige Augustine	....	key set dresser
P. Scott Bailey	....	swing gang (as Scott Bailey)
James Barron	....	laborer
Earl F. Betts	....	propmaker
Will Blount	....	property master
Mark Blumenthal	....	stand-by painter
Andrea Carter	....	art department coordinator
Dianne Chadwick	....	art department assistant
Martin Charles	....	graphic designer
Lynn Christopher	....	set designer
Gary Clause	....	propmaker foreman
William Davidson	....	propmaker foreman (as William Roscoe Davidson)
Jennifer Dawson	....	property assistant
Ronald Day	....	painter
Rick Figalan	....	propmaker (as Ricardo R. Figalan)
David Goldstein	....	painter
Chad Goodrich	....	propmaker (as Chad W. Goodrich)
Kenneth Halverson	....	propmaker
Richard Heil	....	propmaker (as Richard D. Heil)
Lee J. Jashinsky	....	painter
Richard M. Jones	....	swing gang
Yvette Keawe	....	construction medic
Jonas Kirk	....	propmaker foreman
Kim Kirschbaum	....	painter
Keith A. Kropf	....	painter
Maureen Kropf	....	lead scenic
Tani Kunitake	....	production illustrator
Tom Lifsey	....	construction foreman (as Thomas E. Lifsey)
Jerry Luthart	....	propmaker
Michael Marcus	....	graphic designer
Lyle Maves	....	plaster foreman
Darren McCormack	....	propmaker
Frank McEldowney	....	greensman
Daniel A. McGinley	....	propmaker
James P. Meehan	....	on-set dresser
Roger Page	....	property master: second unit
Adam Pearlman	....	swing gang
Dan Pemberton	....	construction coordinator (as Daniel R. Pemberton)
James C. Piccione	....	tool foreman
Monica Ragan	....	property assistant
Michael Ramirez	....	propmaker
Fred Seibly	....	painter (as Fred Siebley)
Brian Shupper	....	swing gang
Bill A. Slonecker	....	propmaker foreman
Vanessa Spady	....	construction auditor
Tommy Sturgeon	....	propmaker
Darren J. Taylor	....	propmaker
Daniel Turk	....	propmaker
Edward L. Turk	....	propmaker
Mark Weissenfluh	....	lead man
Julie Aquino	....	art department assistant (uncredited)
Daniel J. Gillooly	....	greens coordinator (uncredited)
Robert Hale	....	painter gang boss (uncredited)

Sound Department
David Acord	....	utility sound technician
Mick Boggis	....	sound effects pre-mixer
Stephen Bridgewater	....	adr supervisor: USA
Martin Cantwell	....	assistant sound editor
Paul Carr	....	adr recordist: UK
Joe Gallagher	....	adr editor
Steve Hancock	....	sound studio technician
Dominic Lester	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jay Meagher	....	production sound mixer
Robin O'Donoghue	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alan Paley	....	dialogue editor
Peter Pennell	....	supervising sound editor
Mike Prestwood Smith	....	adr recordist: UK
Bob Risk	....	foley editor
Sam Sarkar	....	utility sound technician
Simon Sleap	....	sound editing assistant
Randy Smith	....	boom operator
Andy Thompson	....	assistant adr recordist
J.R. Westen	....	adr mixer: USA

Special Effects by
Joe Barden	....	special effects assistant
Bill Cobb	....	special effects assistant
Gary Cruise	....	special effects assistant (as Gary D. Cruise)
Fernando Favila	....	producer: demon effects
Terri Fluker	....	demon effects
Lucinda Foy	....	special effects assistant
Steve Galich	....	special effects coordinator
Dawna Hammond	....	special effects assistant
Glen Hanz	....	sculptor: Rob Bottin Productions
Carlos Huante	....	demon effects
Gilbert James	....	effects editing assistant
G. Peter King	....	special effects assistant: Las Vegas unit (as Peter King)
Taishiro Kiya	....	demon effects
Sam Sainz	....	lizard puppeteer
Terry Sandin	....	lizard puppeteer
Dawn M. Severdia	....	coordinator: demon effects
Russell Shinkle	....	supervisor: demon effects
Ray Svedin	....	special effects supervisor
Joseph Walker	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Andrea Adams	....	digital effects
Michael Cooper	....	visual effects coordinator: US
Gregory Creaser	....	digital timer: Pacific Title
Steve Cutmore	....	digital effects
Ditch Doy	....	digital effects
Kent Houston	....	visual effects supervisor
Tim Ollive	....	digital effects
Susi Roper	....	visual effects coordinator: UK
David Smith	....	optical effects
John Swinnerton	....	digital effects
Kitty Veevers	....	digital effects
Mike Wassel	....	matte artist: Illusion Arts
Pete Williams	....	digital scanning
Trevor Withers	....	optical effects
Martin Body	....	optical cameraman (uncredited)
Michael Cooper	....	visual effects plate supervisor: production coordinator (uncredited)
George Hladky	....	motion control operator (uncredited)

Stunts
Danny Castle	....	aerial stunts coordinator
Kelly Joe Dugan	....	stunts
Brian D. Kline	....	stunts
Ray Lykins	....	stunts
Pat McGroarty	....	stunts
Ernie F. Orsatti	....	stunts (as Ernie Orsatti)
Noon Orsatti	....	stunt coordinator
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunt double: Benicio Del Toro
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Mick Armstrong	....	grip: Las Vegas (as Michael Armstrong)
James Babineaux	....	best boy
Reynaldo Barrera	....	electrician
Lucas Bielan	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Bill Blaydes	....	grip: Las Vegas
Lila Byall	....	camera loader
Steve Carmer	....	grip: Los Angeles
Peter Chrimes	....	key grip
Vidal Cohen	....	best boy grip
Peter J. Dacey	....	additional camera loader (as Peter Dacey)
Jon Dwyer	....	grip: second unit
Erik A. Erichsen	....	electrician (as Erik Erichsen)
Warren Feldman	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Carlos M. Gallardo	....	dolly grip (as Carlos Gallardo)
John Gilmour	....	key grip: second unit
Hilton Goring	....	second assistant camera
Gene Hara	....	electrician
Tim Hubbard	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Steve Itano	....	first assistant camera
Scott Johnson	....	dolly grip
Lawrence Karman	....	camera operator: second unit (as Laurence 'Doc' Karmen)
Ian Kelly	....	video assist operator
Joe Lamb Jr.	....	grip: Las Vegas
Joe Lamb Jr.	....	grip: second unit
Chris Lynn	....	grip: second unit
Christopher Lyons	....	gaffer
Gary McBride	....	best boy: second unit
Edward McDonald	....	grip: Las Vegas (as Ed McDonald)
Edward McDonald	....	grip: second unit
Jeff Milewsky	....	grip: second unit
Peter Mountain	....	still photographer
Nicola Pecorini	....	steadicam operator
Frank Perl	....	camera operator
Sonya Rom	....	camera production assistant
Chris Roundtree	....	grip: Los Angeles (as Chris Rountree)
Rick Shepard	....	rigging electrician
Chris Soronen	....	grip: Los Angeles
Brian Stransky	....	camera loader: second unit
Stephen Thorp	....	electrician (as Steve Thorpe)
Forrest Thurman	....	camera loader
Jeff Wilde	....	rigging electrician (as Jeff Wild)
Bennie Zura	....	electrician

Casting Department
Sande Alessi	....	extras casting: Los Angeles
Teresa Chiozza	....	casting production assistant (as Teresa M. Chiozza)
Carmen Cuba	....	casting assistant
Leanne Lindsey	....	extras casting: Las Vegas

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kimberly Adams-Galligan	....	assistant costume designer
Bryan Birge	....	costumer
Eden Clark Coblenz	....	costume supervisor (as Eden C. Coblenz)
Linda S. Cormany	....	set costumer
David Dietch	....	wardrobe production assistant
Olga Ishkhanova	....	seamstress
Wanda Leavey	....	costumer
John Linsmeier	....	key costumer
Jacky Ward	....	wardrobe: second unit
Dana R. Woods	....	assistant costume designer
Amy Gilliam	....	wardrobe assistant (uncredited)
Patty Malkin	....	costumer (uncredited)
Rebeka L. Roberts	....	costume ager/dyer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Claire Ferguson	....	second assistant editor
Jeremy Hume	....	assistant editor
Roanne Moore	....	post-production assistant
Dwight Raymond	....	assistant editor: Los Angeles
David Rees	....	color timer

Music Department
Ray Cooper	....	musician
Rupert Coulson	....	score recording & mixing
Caroline Dale	....	musician: cello
David Heath	....	musician: flute
Tomoyasu Hotei	....	musician
Kevin Lane	....	music editor
Stephen McLaughlin	....	electronic music treatments
James Seymour Brett	....	music co-producer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Pedro Amaya	....	driver
Glenn E. Anderson	....	driver (as Glenn Anderson)
Denton Annecharico	....	driver
Randy Benjamin	....	picture car coordinator
Robert Blatchford	....	driver
Matt Brammer	....	driver
Andrew Broomhead	....	driver
William Carter	....	driver
David Coffey	....	driver (as Dave Coffey)
Phil Coffey	....	driver: second unit
William P. Davis	....	transportation captain: second unit
Mike J. Dawson	....	driver (as Michael Dawson)
Adam Dotson	....	driver
Kelly Joe Dugan	....	driver (as Kelly Dugan)
Sean Dugen	....	driver: second unit
Nick Duron	....	driver
Anthony James Fox	....	driver
Frank Gallardo	....	driver
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver
Buck Holland	....	driver: Mr. Depp
Patrick Houghton	....	driver
Paul Jones	....	driver
Michael Keys	....	driver
Hunter Lloyd	....	driver
Joseph William Lomax	....	driver
James Lowder	....	transportation coordinator (as James R. Lowder)
Jim Moores	....	driver: Mr. Del Toro
John Orlebeck	....	transportation coordinator
Kevin Pullen	....	driver (as Kevin T. Pullen)
John Simanovich	....	driver
Leslie Slaughter	....	driver
Ronald Robert Stinton	....	transportation captain (as Ronald R. Stinton)
Pat Stubbs	....	transportation co-captain
Buster Videgain	....	driver (as Gregg Videgain)
Johnny Videgain	....	driver (as John Videgain)
Wayne Williams	....	driver: second unit
Gil Amaral	....	driver: picture cars (uncredited)
Chris Haynes	....	driver (uncredited)
Roger Wooge	....	driver: cast (uncredited)

Other crew
Sav Akyuz	....	intern
Molly Allen	....	location manager
Chris Allies	....	end titles
Jed Alpert	....	lawyer
Ricarda Marie Ankenbrand	....	office production assistant
Herach Arzounian	....	medic: second unit
Serena Baker	....	location assistant: Los Angeles
Jimmy Bennett	....	set production assistant: Las Vegas
Carl Bianco	....	set production assistant
Justin Blumenthal	....	set production assistant
Joe Bravo	....	additional craft service
Colby Bryant	....	set production assistant: Las Vegas
George Cassavetti	....	intern
Jeffrey Cassell	....	office production assistant
Mauni P. Caves	....	location assistant: Las Vegas
Jessica Chandler	....	intern
Melissa Chang	....	lizard puppeteer
Michael Colton	....	lizard puppeteer
Terry Connors	....	post-production accountant
Bruce Corkham	....	assistant: Mr. Depp (as Bruce Corkhum)
Kristen Felan	....	payroll accountant (as Kristen Felan-Hayes)
Amanda Forman	....	lizard puppeteer
Julie Forman	....	lizard puppeteer
Gloria M. Fujita	....	medic
Gary Gero	....	animal trainer: orangutan
Holly Gilliam	....	intern
Gary Gingold	....	craft service (as Gary 'Ga' Gingold)
Rachel Gingold	....	set production assistant: Las Vegas
Susan Giordano	....	first assistant accountant
Andy Gonzales	....	photo double: Duke, second unit
Jose Gonzales	....	catering helper
Victoria Goodall	....	assistant to producers
Patricia Gordon	....	script supervisor: second unit
Tarn Harper	....	post-production accountant
Moto Hata	....	lizard puppeteer
Chris Heeter	....	lizard puppeteer