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INTERVIEWS
10+ video interviews with Benicio and Terry.


CAST
John Christopher Depp III
June 9, 1963. Owensboro, Kentucky (bio)
Johnny Depp Convention (UPDATES: 2004 & 2005)
DeppCon 2005 Recap

FILMOGRAPHY
2002 - Nailed Right In
2002 - Once Upon a Time in Mexico .... Sands,
           corrupt CIA agent
2001 - From Hell .... Inspector Frederick Abberline
2001 - Blow .... George Jung
2000 - Chocolat .... Roux
2000 - Before Night Falls .... Bon Bon/Lieutenant
           Victor
2000 - Man Who Cried, The .... Cesar
1999 - Sleepy Hollow .... Constable Ichabod
           Crane
1999 - Astronaut's Wife, The .... Commander
           Spencer Armacost
1999 - Ninth Gate, The .... Dean Corso
1999 - Source, The .... Jack Kerouac
1998 - Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of
           the Union (TV) .... Himself
1998 - L.A. Without a Map .... Himself
1998 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ....
           Raoul Duke

1997 - Brave, The .... Raphael
1997 - Donnie Brasco .... Joe Pistone/Donnie
           Brasco
1996 - Cannes Man .... Himself
1995 - "United States of Poetry" TV Series
1995 - Nick of Time .... Gene Watson
1995 - Dead Man .... William 'Bill' Blake
1995 - Don Juan DeMarco .... Don Juan
1994 - Ed Wood .... Edward D. Wood, Jr.
1993 - What's Eating Gilbert Grape .... Gilbert
           Grape
1993 - Benny & Joon .... Sam
1993 - Arizona Dream .... Axel Blackmar ... aka
           Arrowtooth Waltz, The (1993)
1991 - Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (as
           Oprah Noodlemantra) .... Teen on TV
1990 - Cry-Baby .... Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker
1990 - Edward Scissorhands .... Edward
           Scissorhands
1987 - "21 Jump Street" TV Series .... Off. Tom
           Hanson
1986 - Platoon .... Private Lerner
1985 - Private Resort .... Jack
1984 - Nightmare on Elm Street, A .... Glen Lantz





CAST
Benicio Del Toro
February 19, 1967. San German, Puerto Rico (bio)


FILMOGRAPHY
2002 - Assumption of the Virgin, The ....
           Fra Fillipo Lippi
2002 - Hunted, The .... Aaron Hallam
2001 - Pledge, The .... Toby Jay Wadenah
2000 - Traffic .... Officer Javier Rodriguez
           Rodriguez
2000 - Way of the Gun, The .... Longbaugh
2000 - Snatch .... Franky Four Fingers
2000 - Bread and Roses .... Himself
1998 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ....
           Oscar Zeta Acosta (Gonzo)

1997 - Excess Baggage .... Vincent Roche
1996 - Cannes Man .... Himself
1996 - Joyride .... Detective Lopez
1996 - Funeral, The .... Gaspare Spoglia
1996 - Fan, The .... Juan Primo
1996 - Basquiat .... Benny Dalmau
1995 - Usual Suspects, The .... Fred Fenster
1994 - Swimming with Sharks .... Rex
1993 - Fearless .... Manny Rodrigo
1993 - Money for Nothing .... Dino Palladino
1993 - Golden Balls .... Bob, the friend from
           Miami
1992 - Christopher Columbus: The Discovery ....
           Alvaro Harana
1991 - China Moon .... Lamar Dickey
1991 - Indian Runner, The .... Miguel
1990 - "Drug Wars: The Camarena Story"
           TV Series .... Caro Quintero
1989 - Licence to Kill .... Dario
1988 - Big Top Pee-wee .... Duke the Dog-
           Faced Boy

 
 DIRECTOR
Terry Vance Gilliam
November 22, 1940. Minneapolis, Minnesota (bio)

FILMOGRAPHY (as director)
2002 Good Omens - 1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - 1996 Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail - 1995 Twelve Monkeys - 1991 Fisher King, The - 1988 Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The - 1985 Brazil - 1983 Crimson Permanent Assurance, The - 1983 Monty Python's The Meaning of Life - 1981 Time Bandits - 1977 Jabberwocky - 1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail - 1971 And Now for Something Completely Different - 1969 "Monty Python's Flying Circus"

FILMOGRAPHY (as writer)
2002 Good Omens - 1999 It's the Monty Python Story (TV) - 1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (screenplay) - 1996 Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail (screenplay Monty Python and the Holy Grail) - 1988 Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The - 1985 Brazil - 1983 Monty Python's The Meaning of Life - 1982 Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl - 1981 Time Bandits - 1979 Life of Brian - 1977 Jabberwocky - 1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail - 1972 Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (TV) - 1971 And Now for Something Completely Different - 1969 "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (TV) - 1967 "Do Not Adjust Your Set" (TV)

TRADE MARKS
* Known for the bizarre animation sequences in Monty Python's Flying Circus using cutout pics and photos.
* Heroes in his films often dream of a woman who they have not yet met, but will meet during the course
   of the film. In the dream, the woman's face is obscured.
* Often features people/animals bursting through walls or ceilings.
* Often begins and ends his films with the same shot.
* Created the animations in the Monty Python movies.
* Founding editor of and principal contributor to campus humor magazine, "Fang", at Occidental College
   in Los Angeles, CA in the early 1960's.
 



 
CAMEOS
Cameron M. Diaz *Blonde TV Reporter*
August 30, 1972. San Diego, California

Christina Ricci *Lucy*
February 12, 1980. Santa Monica, California

Gary Busey *Highway Patrolman*
June 29, 1944. Goose Creek, Texas

Craig Bierko *Lacerda*
July 18, 1965. Rye Brook, New York

Tobias Vincent Maguire *Hitchhiker*
June 27, 1975. Santa Monica, California

CAMEO'S
Ellen Barkin *Waitress at North Star*
April 16, 1954. New York, New York

Penn Jilette *Barker at Bazooko Circus*
March 5, 1955. Greenfield, Massachusetts

Lyle Lovett *Musician at Matrix Club*
November 1, 1957. Klein, Texas

Michael Jeter *Speaker DA Drug Convention*
August 26, 1952. Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

Harry Dean Stanton *Judge*
July 14, 1926. West Irvine, Kentucky
 
NOVELIST
Hunter Stockton Thompson + RIP +
July 18, 1937 Louisville, Kentucky - Feb 20, 2005 Aspen, Colorado. (fearnloathing.com composed short bio)

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hell's Angels : The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. New York, Random House, 1966.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas : A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. New York, Random House, 1971. (download/view FnL trailer)

Fear and Loathing: On The Campaign Trail '72. San Francisco, Straight Arrow Books, 1973.

Gonzo Papers, Vol. 1: The Great Shark Hunt -- Strange Tales from a Strange Time. New York, Summit Books, 1979.

The Curse of Lono. New York, Bantam, 1983. (with Ralph Steadman)

Screwjack. Santa Barbara, Neville Press, 1991.

Gonzo Papers, Vol. 2: Generation of Swine -- Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s. New York, Summit Books, 1988.

Gonzo Papers, Vol. 3: Songs of the Doomed -- More Notes on the Death of the American Dream. New York, Summit Books, 1990.

Gonzo Papers, Vol. 4: Better Than Sex -- Confessions of a Political Junkie -- Trapped Like a Rat in Mr. Bill's Neighborhood. New York, Random House, 1994.

Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 1968–1976. Collection of Papers first appeared in Time magazine, 1997; Simon & Schuster, 2001

The Fear and Loathing Letters, Volume I -- The Proud Highway -- Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman 1955 - 1967. New York, Random House, 1997.

Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century. Simon & Schuster, November 1, 2003

Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness Modern History from the Sports Desk. Simon & Schuster, August 11, 2004

 
 
RELATED WORKS
Acosta, Oscar Zeta. "The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo". Straight Arrow Books, San Francisco, 1972.

Anson, Robert Sam. "Gone Crazy and Back Again". Doubleday, New York, 1981.

Brownmiller, Susan. "Against Our Will". Simon and Schuster, New York, 1975.

Conover, Ted. "Whiteout, Lost in Aspen". Random House, New York, 1991.

Dickstein, Morris. "Gates of Eden, American Culture in the Sixties". Basic Books, New York, 1977.

Perry, James M. "Us and Them: How the Press Covered the 1972 Election". Potter, New York, 1973.

Scanlon, Paul. "Reporting: The Rolling Stone Style". Anchor Press, New York, 1977.

Wolfe, Tom. "The New Journalism". Harper & Row, New York, 1973.
 
BIOGRAPHIES
McKeen, William. "Hunter S. Thompson". G.K. Hall, Boston, 1991.

Perry, Paul. "Fear and Loathing: the strange and terrible saga of Hunter S. Thompson". Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 1993.

Carroll, E. Jean. "Hunter: The strange and savage life of Hunter S. Thompson". Dutton, New York, 1993.

Whitmer, Peter "When the Going gets weird: an unauthorized biography". Hyperion, New York, 1993.