After the news that The Exorcist III is to get a huge re-release through Arrow Video on 9th December, here’s another bit of exciting news from Arrow who say that they are to bring a 4K restoration of Terry Gilliam’s Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas to the home formats on the same day.
Considered unfilmable for decades, Hunter S. Thompson’s literary landmark of psychedelic excess finally met its cinematic match in anarchic visionary director Terry Gilliam (Twelve Monkeys) and two no-holds-barred star performances by Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro.
Raoul Duke (Depp) and his volatile Samoan attorney Dr. Gonzo (del Toro) are en route to Las Vegas, ostensibly on a banal journalistic assignment, but the suitcase full of psychoactive narcotics in their possession tells another story. Beset by bats, horny lizards and runaway hotel carpet upon their arrival, the pair plunge deeper into the pharmaceutically enhanced neon underbelly of the City of Sin on a chemically charged savage journey to the heart of the American Dream.
Here are the planned bonus materials. There are lots of them.
2-DISC LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS
- Two-disc edition featuring Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas in a new 4K restoration, and the documentary For No Good
- Reason about illustrator Ralph Steadman, featuring Terry Gilliam and Johnny Depp
- Limited edition packaging featuring iconic original art by Ralph Steadman
- Limited edition hardbound book featuring new writing by Roger Keen, an essay on “Thompson on Film” by Dr. William Stephenson, a 1999 interview with Terry Gilliam by Ian Christie and original production notes
- Six collectors’ postcards
- Double-sided fold-out poster of the original theatrical one-sheet and a sketch by Terry Gilliam
DISC ONE: FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
- Brand new 4K restoration by Arrow Films from the original negative supervised by Terry Gilliam
- High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentation
- Original 5.1 & 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
- Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- New commentary by Terry Gilliam, moderated by Phil Stubbs
- Savage: Finding The American Nightmare, a newly filmed appreciation by film historian Ian Christie
- The Gonzo Papers, a newly filmed interview with producer Laila Nabulsi
- Grim Memories and Bad Flashbacks, an all-new interview with star Benicio del Toro
- Ignore This Terrible Drug: The Art and Style of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, an all-new featurette including interviews with cinematographer Nicola Pecorini, production designer Alex McDowall, costume designer Julie Weiss and editor Lesley Walker
- Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film, a 2006 documentary on the author featuring Depp, del Toro, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, Bill Murray, Sean Penn, John Cusack and others
- Hunter Goes To Hollywood, archive footage of the author filming his cameo in the film
- Four deleted scenes with new optional commentary by Gilliam, including the excised prologue A Dress Pattern
- Spotlight on Location, an original promotional featurette featuring interviews with Gilliam, Depp and del Toro
- Behind the scenes ‘B-roll’ footage and additional EPK interviews with Gilliam, Depp and del Toro
- Theatrical trailers and TV spots
- Extensive image galleries, including original production designs, storyboards and production stills
DISC TWO: FOR NO GOOD REASON (LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE)
- High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentation
5.1 & 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio - Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Short film Cherrywood Cannon
- Ralph’s Art
- Extended interviews with Terry Gilliam, Bruce Robinson and Richard E. Grant
- Deleted Scenes
- Trailer & Teasers
- Image Galleries
The box-art is below.
