the rum diary hunter s thompson book review

On film, he's been portrayed by Bill Murray in Where the Buffalo Roam and has been the subject of nearly a dozen of documentaries. 'Gonzo,' the byword for his kamikaze approach to life, gave its name to a Muppet. The drug-addled cosmic moneywrench persona Thompson created has permeated nearly every level of pop consciousness, not only through his still-cherished writing, but also as the model for 'Uncle Duke” in the comic strip Doonesbury, as a superhero in DC's comic book Transmetropolitan, and on TV as the “Hunter Gathers” character from Adult Swim's show The Venture Bros. If 'the Hunter thing' is a cult, it's an awfully big one. While he and Johnny were best friends and the movie is a tribute to Hunter, Hunter is still a little too extreme for the mainstream.'īerney has the right to defend his star and film, but he was wrong to blame the bad showing on the author of the book that it's based on. Surveying the damage Monday, Bob Berney, FilmDistrict president of theatrical distribution, told the Hollywood Reporter, 'Probably, at the end of the day, the whole Hunter thing attracts more of a cult audience. A labor of love for star Johnny Depp, the adaptation of the early Thompson novel flopped last weekend at the box office, pulling in a paltry $5 million. Thompson? Not famous enough to sell a movie, if you believe the president of the movie studio behind The Rum Diary.

The rum diary hunter s thompson book review