Breakfast with Hunter (2003)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Wayne Ewing

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride.

Plot:

A documentary on the infamous gonzo journalist, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. |

Cast

Bob Braudis	...	Himself
Douglas Brinkley	...	Himself
Alex Cox	...	Himself
John Cusack	...	Himself
Tod Davies	...	Herself (as Todd Davies)
Benicio Del Toro	...	Himself
Johnny Depp	...	Himself
Matt Dillon	...	Himself
Terry Gilliam	...	Himself
Lyle Lovett	...	Himself (voice)
Frank Mankiewicz	...	Himself
Eugene McCarthy	...	Himself (as Sen. Eugene McCarthy)
Terry McDonell	...	Himself
George McGovern	...	Himself (as Senator George McGovern)
Mary McGrory	...	Herself (as Mary McGory)
Laila Nabulsi	...	Herself
P.J. O'Rourke	...	Himself
George Plimpton	...	Himself
Roxanne Pulitzer	...	Herself
Christina Ricci	...	Herself
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Himself
Ralph Steadman	...	Himself
Hunter S. Thompson	...	Himself (also archive footage)
Juan Thompson	...	Himself
Jann Wenner	...	Himself
Tom Wolfe	...	Himself
Warren Zevon	...	Himself

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Movie Connections:

Featured in Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)

Soundtrack:

The Weight

A rare, necessary look at the life of Dr. Gonzo.

Hunter S. Thompson is a cultural icon, this isn't news. What is, is a real inside view into his life in this film. The documentary is a collage of Hunter and some of his antics as filmed by friend and neighbor Wayne Ewing over the past twenty years. A rare look into life at his "fortified compound" and the tribulations of making "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" into a movie are just some of what makes this film an absolute must for any fan of The Good Doctor. This is real life Gonzo, from The Legend himself, the writer who changed American Journalism and the way we read it.