It has since found an audience and achieved status as a cult classic.
Depp is fantastic as Raoul Duke / Hunter S Thompson.
However, Gilliam came to the project fairly late in the day.
As a result, its one of the finest book to movie adaptations released to date.
The Disc
There are a couple of extras available.
Basically, the same as what was on the first Region 1 DVD edition that I owned.
I can only guess that this is due to licensing.
So if you own a special seat itll rumble and shake in conjunction with whats on screen.
Sadly, I dont own one of these wonderful contraptions so cant comment on how good this is.
The improvement on the picture quality is immediately noticeable.
All of the DVD versions that Ive owned have suffered from average picture quality.
For the most part, the picture quality is very clear and crisp.
There are a few of things I did notice.
I know this is intentional, but it works better on the DVD version.
I appreciate that these are minor faults, but these will be noticeable to those familiar with the film.
Dialogue, narration and the majority of the sound effects are mostly from the front speakers.
Still, its an improvement over the DVD versions.
The massive improvement in the picture quality does make it a close call, though.
Film:
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegasis out now on Blu-ray andavailable from the Den Of Geek Store.
Rating:
3 out of 5
