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Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood

7.2 51 mins Documentary   TV Movie   1978
Omnibus   BBC  
Director(s): Nigel Finch

Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood, also known as Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision, is a documentary film produced by BBC in 1978 on the subject of Hunter S. Thompson, directed by Nigel Finch. The road trip/film pairs Thompson with Finch's fellow Briton the illustrator Ralph Steadman. The party travel to Hollywood via Death Valley and Barstow from Las Vegas, scene of the pair's 1971 collaboration. It contains interviews with Thompson and Steadman, as well as some short excerpts from some of his work.

Casts of Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood

Ralph Steadman

as Self

Edward Judd

as Reader (voice)

John Dean

as Self (uncredited)

Bill Murray

as Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)

Audrey Hepburn

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Brian Doyle-Murray

as Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)

Mel Ferrer

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dean Martin

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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