My grandfather was a crime scene photographer in Las Vegas from the early 1970s to late 80s. He has often said (and I'm paraphrasing) that this book/movie perfectly encapsulates the spirit of Las Vegas during that time.
@@QEsposito510 He DID have a number of note books like that, that he wrote in at the time. He eventually destroyed them (something he regrets). He retells the stories really well, being both macabre, and funny. Unfortunately though, as much as he loves writing them, he leans more towards a goofy kind of humour, than a bleak sort.
Gary was filming a movie in Vancouver in early 90s and came to see our band play at the Town Pump. We did not know he was in the audience, when his handler came up after first set and said " to me"rGary Busey is here, and would like to have a small chat with you". I was escorted to his table, and I could see he was a bit more than slightly drunk. During the 5 mins he talked to me, he did not mind at all that my face got in the way of all his cigar smoke. He asked if he could get up and play drums on a song or two with us the next night. I agreed. He did not show up.
In his interview with Rolling Stone, he discussed this incident. He did not have beer, it was a fifth of Jack Daniels. The cop made him do the walk, which he did perfectly, turned around, flipped his sunglasses up off his face and caught them behind his back. The police officer, disgusted, told him to get out of there.
@@squirrelsinjacket1804 camera car certainly, probably a pretty basic one since it's just a follow shot (and afaik the gyro-stabilized car mounts were a few years away). In the UK they had a great citroen camera car that was basically a mattress on a modified hatchback, with a seated camera rig on top of that. Some hilarious builds out there in the history of camera cars.
Gary improvised the last part of this scene where he asks for a little kiss 😂 Johnny was not expecting this one and you can tell from his reaction. A great performance by both
I love this movie so much. I’ve seen it so many times I lost count. I think it’s just because of the amazing acting in it. And how the story was told. Great film. Great book about a great guy.
The book is such a frolic to read. This was a great watch as well. Bill Murray once did Hunter in an older movie. Bill completely had Hunter down, Depp did very well too.
once Gary says "try the land crab."😆 crazy that by next month February we lost Dr Hunter S.Thompson 20 years ago. just felt like he was here a minute ago. RiP HST.
I had a friend, now deceased, who one time on his brand new ‘79 Honda CB 750, I think it was the year the HP increased to 80 or something like that, who, while stoned on acid somehow talked his way out of a speeding ticket on surface streets. He was going at least twice the limit when he was popped. He pulled away from a light and just nailed it. I passed him in my car and saw him getting pulled over and talking to the cop. I don’t know how he did it…..and when asked we didn’t receive a straight answer. I owned the same bike and mine laid me down when the oil filter cap popped off and dumped all my motor oil in the path of my rear tire. And my friend actually died on his bike exactly 24 hours before I had to drop mine. When my rear tire got saturated with oil, I was slipping and sliding all over the place and just laid it down. It seemed like I was in an earthquake…and it occurred on surface streets….about five minutes earlier I was doing 90+ miles an hour on the freeway. My friend died doing 90 on surface streets when an old lady in a big “land yacht” pulled out in front of him giving him no time to stop.
For those who don't get it, the entire interaction with the cop is a hallucination. Half the movie is just Raoul Duke (Depp/Thompson) having wild and vivid hallucinations. The dude is on so many drugs that half of what he sees isn't real.
@ Do you really think some random cop is going to chase someone down only to let them go and ask them to make out? The whole situation is completely absurd, because it's not real. Go back and watch the movie again. At no point does the movie tell you he's tripping, it's up to you to figure it out.
@@30-06Lover way cleaner feeling, and everything is just comfortable, and amazing. The, what I call "dirty acid", feels too stimulating and the visuals are not as profound. That's what I've noticed.
Ive only not gotten real acid one time in the past decade of buying acid as often as possible, and usually incredibly potent. It depends on your location but one time cooking LSD produces so much of it that youre more likely to get LSD or a close analogue than anything else on paper.
I've seen this movie a few times but I only just noticed that the road in the mirror at 0:36 is completely different than the one he's driving on, and the cop is on the wrong side.
You better take care of me lord if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands
Interesting and whom really are you placing the Blame?
Only Hunter Thompson could have written that. Lol.
I've said this, many times.
You have quoted a line from the clip.
@@HighSpeedNoDrag this is beyond blame i think. it's more like a plea for help while looking for some last drop of logic left in a crazy situation.
The irony is Gary Busey was probably very high while filming this scene.
Let’s talk about buttered sausage
@ I’d say at least equal lol
@@gort6491 tell me about the fucking golf shoes!
@Raevenswood Liar. He wasn't into drugs when this was filmed.
So _fear & loathing_ is just johnny depp's elvis impersonation... Elvis on speed
I'm going to safely assume that Gary Busey had no problem taking on the role of a crazy lonely highway patrol man.
"role?" Gary Busey
*Been practicing his whole life.*
@@Foxtrop13 ha ha ha - GREAT call
He wasn't always crazy. That bike accident fucked his head up bad. He was great!! Still is hilarious.
No, he would have had no problem at all-- because the fact is that in real life he is just that.
A crazy lonely highway patrol man.
The best movies of the 90s tanked at the box office. This is one of them.
The people involved with this movie knew it had to be made, regardless of financial success or not
What are the others?
@@tdrv33 Water world?
@@tdrv33 The Big Lebowski
@@tdrv33 Office Space
My grandfather was a crime scene photographer in Las Vegas from the early 1970s to late 80s. He has often said (and I'm paraphrasing) that this book/movie perfectly encapsulates the spirit of Las Vegas during that time.
makes me think of gta vice city
Gramps HAS to have a primo scrapbook from his career. You could probably publish a good coffee table book off the top 50 pics.
@@QEsposito510 He DID have a number of note books like that, that he wrote in at the time. He eventually destroyed them (something he regrets). He retells the stories really well, being both macabre, and funny. Unfortunately though, as much as he loves writing them, he leans more towards a goofy kind of humour, than a bleak sort.
@@Fools_are_fine_honey Sounds like a good man 🫡
@@QEsposito510 I'd say so, yeah.
the cop was very lonely, he had a lonely job in the hot lonely desert
Almost makes him wish for a nuclear winter.
@@TheIrishRushin lol
@@TheIrishRushinfallout New Vas reference there. 👍
The highway in and out of Baker, California is dead straight, hotter than H and there are no side roads -- anything to pull off into.
Wow thanks bro.
This scene alone is a short film unto itself. All these scenes are short films. Amazing 👏 🤩
Terry Gilliam. Very clever film maker 👌
i honestly don't remember if I have ever seen it hight, but now I know I have to, caujse I watched this clip high and that was SO intenase
Gary was filming a movie in Vancouver in early 90s and came to see our band play at the Town Pump. We did not know he was in the audience, when his handler came up after first set and said " to me"rGary Busey is here, and would like to have a small chat with you". I was escorted to his table, and I could see he was a bit more than slightly drunk. During the 5 mins he talked to me, he did not mind at all that my face got in the way of all his cigar smoke. He asked if he could get up and play drums on a song or two with us the next night. I agreed. He did not show up.
Great guy
He was a few sheets to the wind. Thats drunk talk for you.
That wasn't even acting, that was just post-accident Gary Busey lmao
That last line took me completely by surprise 😂
likewise 😂
Got sideswiped
Bloody hell, right. I lol'ed.
Yea, I forgot he said that. Haven't seen the movie in years.
I thought he was analyzing if the dude was high lol.
Cop: "PULL OVER!". Johnny: "Hey, how are ya? 👍👍" 🤣😂
"Brace for the G s. Fast heel-toe work."
It's a cardigan. But thanks for noticing.
Killer boots, man!
Cop: PULL OVER!!
Fletch: I did pull over, before. I'll pull over later.
The best detail is puffing the cigarette long after the ember has gone out, which like a default animation for someone who is extremely high
This movie is a jewel in a desert.
This cop is imaginary, Hunter’s hallucination - that’s why he acts this way
No it's actually a waste of time
@buckybarns4991 I'm putting you in timeout
@buckybarns4991uhmm its only a waste of time if you dont understand the deeper meaning of it which you clearly dont 🤦♂️🤦♂️ Its a masterpiece
Что за фильм? Кто скажет?
Pulled him over to talk about the buttered sausage.
What is it where does it come from?
The butter sausage come from the butter sausage factory @willywonkachevy
@@willywonkachevybuttered sausage was a meme generated from a deepfake by Jeff Richards.
Who cares where it comes from? Just buy some honey - and kiss it on the lipsssss
😂😂😂
In his interview with Rolling Stone, he discussed this incident. He did not have beer, it was a fifth of Jack Daniels. The cop made him do the walk, which he did perfectly, turned around, flipped his sunglasses up off his face and caught them behind his back. The police officer, disgusted, told him to get out of there.
Incredible but standard behavior for any self respecting addict. Its the occasional drinkers that you gotta watch out for
@@newusernamehere4772it takes years of dedication to become a perfect alcoholic.
"What're you carrying two cases of soap for, son"
"I wanna stay clean"
"....no"
0:26 that's a cool shot of the cruiser coming into the bottom of the frame with the music perfectly queued.
wonder how they filmed it
e@@squirrelsinjacket1804 Google 'Motocrane', they had similar camera cars, most likely a pickup truck back in those days...
used a drone what do you mean how they did it, even a kid can shoot that with a drone
@ Not likely in 1998 when this was released
@@squirrelsinjacket1804 camera car certainly, probably a pretty basic one since it's just a follow shot (and afaik the gyro-stabilized car mounts were a few years away). In the UK they had a great citroen camera car that was basically a mattress on a modified hatchback, with a seated camera rig on top of that. Some hilarious builds out there in the history of camera cars.
"can I have a kiss before you go? I'm very lonely here." Definitely before buttered sausage.
"May I have a little kiss before you go? I am so lonely here"
I always laughing to tears here)))
Shit would’ve had me tweaking
Gary improvised the last part of this scene where he asks for a little kiss 😂 Johnny was not expecting this one and you can tell from his reaction. A great performance by both
Under the correct medical advice, all officers of the law appear as Gary Busey.
What a movie... Sir Terry Gilliam at his best. And Mr. Johnny Depp en Señor Del Toro... I would like to play a role in that kind of movie.
I love this movie so much. I’ve seen it so many times I lost count. I think it’s just because of the amazing acting in it. And how the story was told. Great film. Great book about a great guy.
"Try the land crab, excellent seafood"??? lol, excellent seafood in the desert, lol
Land crab = armadillo.
@@chriskitchen4772 I had to search for this comment
Gary Busey wasn’t acting, he was just being himself 😆
Best Johnny depp movie ever !!
"may I have a little kiss before you go... I'm very lonely here!" 😐 Braw
I like the shoutout to The Blues Brothers film with the use of the Booker T & The MGs tune.
Me talking to myself first 10 seconds of this video. 2am
The pig did me on all fronts. Now he was gonna chuckle about it with his friends on the force.
😅😅😅😅 so great!!
Best drug movie ever made.
Watch this with different drugs on and it seems like a whole new movie everytime.
Even sober it is bizarre.
Ha ha. Depp has got that voice and mannerisms spot on. Respect.
No idea what I just watched but it was glorious lmaooo.
Whole movie is nuts. Check it out 😊
@@kaufmans4144 Will do!
@@kaufmans4144I think the part where he rents that Cadillac is my favorite
been there done that, had an amazing conversation and talked philosophy for 20minutes. still got a ticket for speeding but was chill af
The weasels were closing in…😂
The seafood in Baker is excellent.
One of the greatest movies of all time!
For A cop who see a bunch of suspected possessions hes pretty cool* on letting him go! sleep it off! 😀
Funniest part is thst in real life, Busey would be like,"My shift just ended. Lets party."
You can throw every star you've got....any plot you write... whatever you want to do... you will Never capture the pure magic of Hunter S Thompson
Can I have a little kiss?! 😂😂😂
The book is such a frolic to read. This was a great watch as well. Bill Murray once did Hunter in an older movie. Bill completely had Hunter down, Depp did very well too.
The point wasnt that he was high. It was that he had a ton of drugs on him, and in that day a cop could mess with you.
Or today , not sure what alternate place you reside in
Yeah cops are super chill now?
Right, cuz cops these days are harmless, right
@ Do you think they were better 50 years ago?.. Or worse?
@ I don't think they changed much, not that I know for sure. Abusive psychopaths and killers will be psychopaths and killers tho
"Make the bastard chase you. He will follow" "Brace for the G's with a fast heel-toe"
Oh SHNAPP! That's Gary "Buttered Sausage" Busey!!!
One of the best scenes ever. They will never make movies like this again
Id love to give Gary Busey a kiss. What a legend LOL
Johnny Depp isn't as tall as HT but he NAILED HIM 😮... that's why they're " actors ". Impressive
this scene every single time.
I was about to comment "we need officers like this," then I heard what Gary has to say in the end!
2:35 those old police car lights looked super cool. Much better than today.
Yep All Cars were😂
read the book, too. it's amazing.
0:07 “HE SAID IT! HE SAID IT!”
How good this made it through 😂 great bit if performance art
This film gets more crazy every time i watch it
Gary Busey are great actor!
Fear and Gary in Las Busey.
I believe this is a word for word match with the book. Also, Johnny Depp was born for this role
best scene ever!
Gary was more stoned and crazy than the driver
once Gary says "try the land crab."😆
crazy that by next month February we
lost Dr Hunter S.Thompson 20 years ago.
just felt like he was here a minute ago.
RiP HST.
What a lovely, caring policeman. 😊
That turned rather abruptly. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
It's Scary Busey up in here! #batcountry
Would have been great if gary had said "will you let me butter your sausage?" Instead 😂😂😂😂
I had a friend, now deceased, who one time on his brand new ‘79 Honda CB 750, I think it was the year the HP increased to 80 or something like that, who, while stoned on acid somehow talked his way out of a speeding ticket on surface streets. He was going at least twice the limit when he was popped. He pulled away from a light and just nailed it. I passed him in my car and saw him getting pulled over and talking to the cop. I don’t know how he did it…..and when asked we didn’t receive a straight answer. I owned the same bike and mine laid me down when the oil filter cap popped off and dumped all my motor oil in the path of my rear tire. And my friend actually died on his bike exactly 24 hours before I had to drop mine. When my rear tire got saturated with oil, I was slipping and sliding all over the place and just laid it down. It seemed like I was in an earthquake…and it occurred on surface streets….about five minutes earlier I was doing 90+ miles an hour on the freeway. My friend died doing 90 on surface streets when an old lady in a big “land yacht” pulled out in front of him giving him no time to stop.
who cares? my guess is nobody..sober up
@@dethray1000i liked the story. maybe you should try some drugs
"We were on the edge of the desert, somewhere around Barstow, when the drugs began to take hold..."
Johnny is so talented
Why does it go from 2 lines in the road to passing lines? Never realized that, thanks Critic.
For those who don't get it, the entire interaction with the cop is a hallucination. Half the movie is just Raoul Duke (Depp/Thompson) having wild and vivid hallucinations. The dude is on so many drugs that half of what he sees isn't real.
I thought it was insinuated the cop molested him in exchange for letting him go
what really? hard to tell.
Ehm, no. This scene isn't hallucinated and all other hallucinations are quite clearly depicted as such.
@ Do you really think some random cop is going to chase someone down only to let them go and ask them to make out? The whole situation is completely absurd, because it's not real. Go back and watch the movie again. At no point does the movie tell you he's tripping, it's up to you to figure it out.
The cop was Gary Busey so it's real.
Good movie ❤
This movie is like a fever dream 💭….I love it
This is the perfect backdrop to my teenage years in the 90s-00s. "I knew it was a crime. I did it anyway."
That movie was expletive hilarious!
Now I want to try the land crab 🦀
Johnny Depp great actor
Ive been saying, "i knew it was wrong and i did it anyway" for 20 plus yrs because of this
Mon film de chevet. Une pure merveille
Gary Busey's performance is just as disturbing as Depp's. A real treat.
When I glanced on the thumbnail I thought it was Hunter S Thompson
That's some great acting
Bring real acid back.
How is compared to the chemical on tabs nowadays?
Yes please
@@30-06Lover way cleaner feeling, and everything is just comfortable, and amazing. The, what I call "dirty acid", feels too stimulating and the visuals are not as profound. That's what I've noticed.
Ive only not gotten real acid one time in the past decade of buying acid as often as possible, and usually incredibly potent. It depends on your location but one time cooking LSD produces so much of it that youre more likely to get LSD or a close analogue than anything else on paper.
If its bitter its a spitter though. And be wary of geltabs bc they usually have DOC or other psychedelic amphetamines
The music when he hit the gas was the same used in car chases of the Blues Brother movie :)
Only watched it while baked, most movies are even a better watch 😄
One of the greatest movies ever 😂
Thanks :)
Every now and then I find myself using the same hand gesture when using my right turn signal.
🤭 Lars and the sunglasses
What a fucking 🎬 scene!
What a movie!?
Johnnys best work ever.
Terry Gilliam was on the same wavelength as Quentin
😂😂😂😂 I’ve done this. 😂😂😂 didn’t realize it till now. 😂😂😂 but yeah. 👍 ✅
What movie is it??
Greedy got fingered
Can someone explain the ending?
i needs to watch this movie in full
Excellent seafood lol. Depp almost lost it.
I've always watched this movie while tripping very interesting
Ive been to that spot where he stopped and pulled over randomly found it when out in Red Rock lol.
So this is the character Rango was referencing 😂
He said the thing
I've seen this movie a few times but I only just noticed that the road in the mirror at 0:36 is completely different than the one he's driving on, and the cop is on the wrong side.