The truth-bending journalist, doper, drinker, gun enthusiast, and suicide (1939-2005), in words and pictures, the latter ranging from a fuzzy video of the TV game show, To Tell the Truth, to big-screen impersonations of him in Where the Buffalo Roam and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and the former ranging from his own writings (recited by Johnny Depp) to talking-head testimonials from Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner, fellow “New Journalist” Tom Wolfe, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Buffett, Hell’s Angel Sonny Barger, et al. A bumpy trip down Memory Lane, not without its points of interest, flooded the whole way with apropos pop songs. Directed by Alex Gibney. (2008) — Duncan Shepherd
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