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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998·1h 58m·R
DramaAdventureComedy
IMDb Rating
★ 7.4/10
319,821 votes
Metascore
41
Metacritic

An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 drama adventure movie directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.4/10 from 319,821 votes and runs 1h 58m.

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Director
Terry Gilliam
Stars
Johnny Depp
Benicio Del Toro
Tobey Maguire
Michael Lee Gogin
Details
1998-05-22
118 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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