Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Not the Screenplay [Paperback]

Terry Gilliam (Author), Tony Grisoni (Author)

Book Description

Series: Screenplay | Publication Date: February 1, 2000

Based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson, this is the screenplay of the movie. Includes thoughts by both Tony Grisoni and Terry Gilliam. "Transferred to the screen by Gilliam with a fidelity to the author's imagery ... here it is in all its splendiferous funhouse terror; the closest sensory approximation of an acid trip ever achieved by a mainstream movie." - The New York Times

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Applause Books (February 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557833486
• ISBN-13: 978-1557833488
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,063,351 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars buy the NOVEL!, August 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Not the Screenplay (Paperback)

Good book, but it's pretty redundant if you have the actual novel (by the amazing Hunter S. Thompson). So you don't really need it. Unless you simply must buy every piece of Fear and Loathing merchandise you see. In that case, go right ahead.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Script Adaption Of The Book, July 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Not the Screenplay (Paperback)

Twisted, funny (for some), and outrageous. Although the title of the book is a bit confusing, it is an excellent item to purchase for fans of the film and/or book.

0 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Are you kidding me? LESS than 1 star!, December 2, 2001

By 

Sean Brown (Las Vegas, NV United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Not the Screenplay (Paperback)

I ended up on this quest to figure out WHY this book/movie was so highly acclaimed...by anyone that could get through the material, anyway. I read the book, watched the movie, and felt complelled to peruse this book at a book store. Below is my review of the book and movie (which, as much as I hated the material, the movie does a great job of bringing the book to the screen), but this book is just a way to throw good money after bad. If you have the Thompson book you definitely don't need this one!

REVIEW

This book is so overrated. I've yet to read exactly WHAT the genius is supposed to be behind this book. That Thompson is able to ramble on and on and on and on and ON about drugs for a few hundred pages? That he was able to put to words what it's like to be in a week-long drug binge (which WOULD be hard, because how COULD you remember it?)

I enjoy out-of-the-ordinary books and movies. Although the people that have previously posted (rave) reviews about this book are much deeper into the alternative culture, things like Pulp Fiction and Fight Club are still considered "out there" by the vast majority of the public. And Fear and Loathing not just out there, it's gone.

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I started the book. I lost interest. I rented the movie, hoping it could contain my focus for 90 minutes. It was ***. At the encouragement of another author, I read the book all the way through. Still bored. Constant drug ramblings with no real objective. It could have ended 50-100 pages earlier, or it could have continued 50-100 pages more (in Denver or Malibu), and it would have made no significant change to the content of the book. I rented the movie again. Ugh. Other than they did a good job sticking to the original content (amazingly so), the original material still was... boring!

I'm sure the flames will come, but after spending a considerable amount of energy trying to get through this material, I can't find the genius in the work. As for why everyone that has previously reviewed it has given it 5 stars: it is rare for anyone not extremely interested in the drug culture to get past the first 5 pages, so anyone who didn't love the book probably gave up on it way early and can't make a valid review.