Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.
Acting
Depp and del Toro fully commit to pharmaceutical apocalypse
Cinematography
The lizard lounge sequence is permanently burned into retinas
Direction
Gilliam turns a drug binge into visual poetry
Director
Terry Gilliam
Johnny Depp
Raoul Duke
Benicio del Toro
Dr. Gonzo
Tobey Maguire
Hitchhiker
Michael Lee Gogin
Uniformed Dwarf
Larry Cedar
Car Rental Agent - Los Angeles
Katherine Helmond
Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
Michael Warwick
Bell Boy
Craig Bierko
Lacerda
Tyde Kierney
Reporter
Mark Harmon
Magazine Reporter
Tim Thomerson
Hoodlum
Richard Riehle
Dune Buggy Driver
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