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( peeping )
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( faint TV sportscaster
speaking )
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...handoff
on the left side.
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...first down, Hunter's
out at the 20-yard line
and a big...
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Sondi Wright:
HE'D KNOWN FOR
A LONG TIME
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THAT HE WAS NO LONGER
A REALLY GOOD WRITER.
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HE HAD SPURTS.
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Douglas Brinkley:
HE LOST THAT GONZO EDGE.
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( TV sports announcer
resumes )
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Tom Wolfe:
I WONDER WHAT'S
HAPPENING TO OLD HUNTER.
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HE'S KIND OF LOSING IT.
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Charles Perry:
CREATIVELY, HE HAD WRITTEN
ALL HIS GREAT STUFF.
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HE HADN'T
BEEN REALLY PRODUCTIVE
FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
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I THINK HE JUST HAD
RUN OUT OF JUICE.
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Brinkley:
IN HUNTER'S LAST YEARS--
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IN ORDER TO REALLY GET
THE JUICES STIRRED UP
IN HIM--
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IN WHAT WE CALL
QUINTESSENTIAL HUNTER--
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IT TOOK SOMETHING LIKE--
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IT HAD TO ALMOST A FEEL
LIKE A KICK IN THE GROIN.
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Johnny Depp:
"IT WAS JUST AFTER DAWN
IN WOODY CREEK, COLORADO,
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WHEN THE FIRST PLANE HIT
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
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IN NEW YORK CITY
ON TUESDAY MORNING.
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AND AS USUAL I WAS
WRITING ABOUT SPORTS,
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BUT NOT FOR LONG.
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FOOTBALL SUDDENLY
SEEMED IRRELEVANT
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COMPARED TO
THE SCENES OF DESTRUCTION
AND UTTER DEVASTATION
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COMING OUT
OF NEW YORK ON TV."
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( "All Along the Watchtower"
playing )
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"THE TOWERS ARE GONE NOW,
REDUCED TO BLOODY RUBBLE,
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ALONG WITH ALL HOPES
FOR PEACE IN OUR TIME--
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IN THE UNITED STATES
OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY."
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( rock music continues )
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"MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT:
WE ARE AT WAR NOW."
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* "THERE MUST BE
SOME WAY OUT OF HERE" *
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* SAID THE JOKER
TO THE THIEF... *
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Depp:
"IT WILL BE A RELIGIOUS WAR--
A SORT OF CHRISTIAN JIHAD
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FUELED BY RELIGIOUS HATRED
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AND LED BY MERCILESS
FANATICS ON BOTH SIDES--
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GUERRILLA WARFARE
ON A GLOBAL SCALE
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WITH NO FRONT LINES
AND NO IDENTIFIABLE ENEMY."
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* ALL ALONG
THE WATCHTOWER *
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* PRINCES KEPT THE VIEW *
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* WHILE ALL THE WOMEN
CAME AND WENT... *
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Depp:
"WE'RE GONNA PUNISH
SOMEBODY FOR THIS ATTACK,
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BUT JUST WHO OR WHAT
WILL BE BLOWN TO SMITHEREENS
IS HARD TO SAY--
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MAYBE AFGHANISTAN,
MAYBE PAKISTAN OR IRAQ."
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* TWO RIDERS
WERE APPROACHING *
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* THE WIND BEGAN
TO HOWL. *
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"THIS IS GOING TO BE
A VERY EXPENSIVE WAR,
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AND VICTORY IS NOT
GUARANTEED FOR ANYONE--
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AND CERTAINLY NOT
FOR ANYONE AS BAFFLED
AS GEORGE W BUSH.
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HE WILL DECLARE
A NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY
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AND CLAMP DOWN HARD
ON EVERYBODY, NO MATTER
WHERE THEY LIVE OR WHY.
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WINSTON CHURCHILL
ONCE SAID,
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'THE FIRST CASUALTY OF WAR
IS ALWAYS THE TRUTH.'
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THE LID IS ON.
LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS.
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DON'T SAY ANYTHING
THAT MIGHT GIVE AID
TO THE ENEMY."
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TV anchor:
A giant of the written
word has died.
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Hunter S Thompson
was a lot of things--
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a journalist,
an author, a patriot,
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a professional
troublemaker,
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a complex
walking monument
to misbehavior
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who apparently
took his own life
with a gun last night.
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Depp:
"IT WAS ALWAYS AT NIGHT,
LIKE A WEREWOLF,
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THAT I WOULD
TAKE THE THING OUT
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FOR AN HONEST RUN
DOWN THE COAST.
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I WOULD START
IN GOLDEN GATE PARK,
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THINKING ONLY
TO RUN A FEW LONG CURVES
TO CLEAR MY HEAD."
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( rock music playing )
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"THE MOMENTARY FREEDOM
OF THE PARK WAS LIKE
THE ONE UNLUCKY DRINK
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THAT SHOVES A WAVERING
ALCOHOLIC OFF THE WAGON.
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BUT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES,
I'D BE OUT AT THE BEACH
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WITH THE SOUND
OF THE ENGINE IN MY EARS,
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THE SURF BOOMING UP
ON THE SEA WALL
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AND A FINE EMPTY ROAD
STRETCHING ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO SANTA CRUZ.
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THERE WAS NO HELMET
ON THOSE NIGHTS,
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NO SPEED LIMIT
AND NO COOLING IT DOWN
AROUND THE CURVES.
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THEN INTO SECOND GEAR,
FORGETTING THE CARS
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AND LETTING THE BEAST
WIND OUT-- 35, 45.
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THEN INTO THIRD,
NOT WORRIED ABOUT GREEN
OR RED SIGNALS
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BUT ONLY SOME OTHER
WEREWOLF LOONY.
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NOW THERE IS NO SOUND
EXCEPT WIND.
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THE NEEDLE
LEANS DOWN ON 100,
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AND WIND-BURNED EYEBALLS
STRAIN TO SEE DOWN
THE CENTERLINE--
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NO ROOM AT ALL
FOR MISTAKES.
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THAT'S WHEN
THE STRANGE MUSIC STARTS."
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* IN THE NIGHT *
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* THOUGH WE'RE APART... *
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Depp:
"THE EDGE-- THERE IS
NO HONEST WAY TO EXPLAIN IT
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BECAUSE THE ONLY PEOPLE
WHO REALLY KNOW WHERE IT IS
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ARE THE ONES
WHO HAVE GONE OVER.
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THE OTHERS--
THE LIVING--
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ARE THOSE WHO PUSHED THEIR
CONTROL AS FAR AS THEY FELT
THEY COULD HANDLE IT,
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AND THEN PULLED BACK,
OR SLOWED DOWN.
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BUT THE EDGE...
IS STILL OUT THERE."
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Man:
What is your name,
please?
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My name is
Hunter Thompson.
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My name is
Hunter Thompson.
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- My name is Hunter Thompson.
- ( rock music playing )
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Sonny Barger:
I MET HUNTER IN THE '60s
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A SHORT TIME BEFORE
HE WROTE THE BOOK ON US.
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AND HE WENT ON TO BECOME
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PROBABLY ONE
OF THE GREATEST WRITERS
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THAT AMERICA WILL EVER HAVE.
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DOESN'T MEAN HE ISN'T
A JERK IN MY EYES,
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BUT HE'S
A VERY GOOD WRITER.
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Wolfe:
HUNTER REMINDS ME
SO MUCH OF MARK TWAIN.
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HE WAS A REPORTER-- TWAIN
STARTED OUT AS A REPORTER--
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WITH A WILD IMAGINATION
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AND HE'S NOT
TRYING TO FOOL YOU.
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YOU KNOW IMMEDIATELY THAT
HE IS FILTERING REALITY
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THROUGH WHAT HUNTER
CALLED GONZO.
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Man:
Will the real Hunter
Thompson please stand up?
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Wright:
WILL THE REAL HUNTER
THOMPSON STAND UP?
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- ( laughing )
- ( applause )
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THAT WAS BEFORE I UNDERSTOOD
WHAT ALL THAT WAS GOING TO MEAN.
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( sniffs, mumbles )
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OOPS, ARE WE MARKING?
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OH, NO! GOD!
HELP US, JESUS!
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I KNOW IT.
IT'S IN MY INTEREST--
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MAYBE IN THE INTEREST
OF GREATEST GOOD--
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FOR ME TO SMOKE
A JOINT AND CALM DOWN.
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Jimmy Carter:
HE WAS NOT AFRAID
TO ROCK THE BOAT,
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TO CHALLENGE
THE ESTABLISHMENT
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AND EXPRESS HIMSELF
IN UNIQUE AND RADICAL,
SOMETIMES SHOCKING, WAYS.
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Pat Buchanan:
HE DESCRIBED ME AS
A HALF-CRAZED DAVY CROCKETT
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RUNNING AROUND THE PARAPETS
OF NIXON'S ALAMO.
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WE WERE ALL AMUSED
BY HIM.
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HE WAS AN INTERESTING GUY
TO BE AROUND.
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HE ASKED YOU
UNEXPECTED QUESTIONS.
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MOST PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED
THAT I WALK ON TWO LEGS.
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I THINK PEOPLE THINK
I'M... VERY MUCH--
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MAYBE A VIOLENT VERSION
OF THAT COMIC STRIP.
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THIS IS THE LAST DRAWING
I DID OF HIM SO FAR.
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"MY GOD! I MUSTA MISSED--
IT'S HELL DOWN HERE!!"
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( chuckles )
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Ralph Steadman:
HE'S PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
AS MUCH AS HE COULD.
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LIFE TO HIM WAS
THE CHALLENGE.
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HE WAS GONNA BE DEAD
AT 30, ANYWAY,
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SO NOW HE WAS LIVING
ON BORROWED TIME.
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( Hunter over phone )
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"DEAR HUNTER,
IT IS OVER A YEAR
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SINCE YOU SET THE SCENE
FOR YOUR STRANGELY-
PLANNED SUICIDE.
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THE MESSAGES THAT I HAVE
RECEIVED FROM YOU
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UP TO THE BUSH/KERRY
ELECTION OF 2004
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WERE INFECTED
BY A DISMAL UNDERTONE.
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'IF BUSH WINS,' YOU SAID,
'THE PLANET IS DOOMED.'
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WHEN YOU PULLED
THE TRIGGER ON YOUR MAGNUM .44,
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MY FIRST
REACTION WAS TO SAY,
'ABOUT BLOODY TIME.
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HE'S BEEN THREATENING
TO DO THAT FOR YEARS.'
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YOU WERE
NEVER REASONABLE,
AND YOU KNEW,
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IN SPITE
OF YOUR WAYWARD SPIRIT,
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YOU WERE NOT INVINCIBLE.
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THOSE WHO
GREW TO BE A THREAT
TO YOUR AMERICA
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CONTINUE TO BURGEON.
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FOR YOU, IT WAS
VICTORY OR GAME OVER.
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I JUST WANTED YOU TO HANG
AROUND AND NAIL THE BEAUTY
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OF THAT IMAGE
OF ABSOLUTE EVIL.
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BUT YOU LEAVE US
WITH A BLUEPRINT,
OLD SPORT.
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TAKE IT UP
WITH THE GODS.
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SEND WORD.
RALPH."
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Wright:
I THINK HE WAS IMPORTANT
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IN A LITERARY WAY
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AND ALSO
IN A POLITICAL WAY.
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AND I THINK THAT
HIS STORY IS TRAGIC.
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HE WAS LOVING.
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HE WAS GENEROUS.
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ON THE OTHER END
OF THE SPECTRUM,
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THE BOY IN THE MAN
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WAS ABSOLUTELY VICIOUS.
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GOD DAMN, YOU DUMBASS!
REACH UNDER THERE
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- AND GET SOME
GODDAMNED MEDICINE!
- Man: OVER HERE?
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TO THE RIGHT.
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Anita Thompson:
HUNTER HAD TWO EXTREMES
IN HIM
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THAT HE LIVED WITH
CONSTANTLY--
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THE GENEROUS,
BEAUTIFUL HUNTER
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AND THE SCARY,
MEAN, CRUEL HUNTER.
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AND HE WAS AWARE
OF BOTH.
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I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS
IN CONTROL OF BOTH
ALL THE TIME,
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BUT HE WAS CERTAINLY
AWARE OF BOTH.
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AND THEY BECAME
PRESENT IN HIS LIFE
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WHEN HE WAS VERY YOUNG--
BOTH SIDES.
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( jazz music playing )
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Brinkley:
YOU'VE GOTTA GO BACK
TO LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
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TO UNDERSTAND HIM.
HIS FATHER DIED WHEN
HE WAS YOUNG.
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SO YOU HAD A MOTHER
RAISING THREE BOYS
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ON A LIBRARIAN SALARY.
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HE LIVED-- IT WASN'T
EVEN MIDDLE CLASS,
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IT WAS A LOWER-
MIDDLE-CLASS EXISTENCE.
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HIS FRIENDS WERE THE RICH
KIDS OF LOUISVILLE,
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THE ONES THAT
HAD ALL THE PRIVILEGE.
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SO HE WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
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YET, HUNTER WAS VERY SMART,
NATURALLY INTELLIGENT,
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AND HE ALWAYS FELT
A BIT LIKE THE OUTSIDER.
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HE WAS A REAL HELLION
ON VANDALISM.
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THE SEMINAL EXPERIENCE
WAS WHEN HE AND A GROUP
OF BUDDIES
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WERE PARTYING
AND SMOKING CIGARETTES
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AND DRINKING BEER.
THEY WERE ALL ARRESTED.
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THE RICH KIDS WHO KNEW
THE JUDGES GOT OUT.
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HUNTER NEVER GOT TO WALK
FOR GRADUATION.
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HE WAS IN JAIL.
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Depp:
"I COULD SEE THE MOON
HUNG HIGH IN THE SKY
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WITH A MOCKING GRIN
ON HIS FACE.
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I SEIZED THE BARS,
AND SHRIEKED AND WAILED
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LIKE A SOUL
WHO'S LOST IN HELL."
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Wright:
ESSENTIALLY, INSIDE...
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HUNTER WAS AN AGONIZED
HUMAN BEING.
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BUT HE ALSO FELT
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LIKE HE HAD
THE POTENTIAL
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OF BEING
A REALLY GREAT WRITER.
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Brinkley:
"THE GREAT GATSBY" IS HOW
HUNTER LEARNED TO WRITE.
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HE WOULD TYPE
"THE GREAT GATSBY"
OVER AND OVER AGAIN
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JUST TO LEARN
THE MUSIC OF FITZGERALD.
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"THE GREAT GATSBY"
WAS FILLED WITH ANGER
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THAT THE WHOLE DEAL
IN AMERICAN LIFE WAS RIGGED.
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HUNTER IDENTIFIED
WITH FITZGERALD I'D SAY
MORE THAN ANY OTHER WRITER.
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THE DIFFERENCE IS
FITZGERALD WOULD LOOK IN
ON THE CANDY STORE WINDOW,
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LOOK IN ON THE STOREFRONTS
OF THE RICH.
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HUNTER WANTED
TO SMASH THE WINDOWS.
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Wright:
HUNTER WAS EXTREMELY
SEDUCTIVE.
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I WAS VERY ATTRACTED
TO HUNTER.
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HIS ENERGY
WAS JUST PHENOMENAL.
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HE WROTE EVERY DAY.
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HE WAS GETTING PAID
$100 FOR AN ARTICLE
OR SOMETHING,
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BUT WE WERE VERY POOR.
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WHEN I WAS PREGNANT
WITH MY SON,
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HUNTER SHOT ELK
AND I ATE ELK LIVER,
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MILK AND SALAD, PERIOD.
THAT'S ALL I ATE.
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Brinkley:
HERE WAS A GUY
STRUGGLING.
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HE HAD HIS WIFE SONDI
WITH HIM.
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HE WAS LIVING
ON A FREELANCER,
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CHECK TO CHECK,
BARELY ABLE TO PAY RENT.
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SO WHEN HE GOT
THE ASSIGNMENT
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FROM CAREY MCWILLIAMS
OF "THE NATION"
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TO WRITE ABOUT THIS
PHENOMENON-- HELL'S ANGELS--
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IT WAS A BIG DEAL.
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Man:
"I, Hunter Thompson,
am a writer.
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Recently, I spent
over a year living
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in close contact
with a notorious
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California motorcycle gang
which is the basis
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of my new book,
'Hell's Angels.'"
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- Signed
"Hunter Thompson."
- ( applause )
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Uh, number two,
approximately how many members
do the Hell's Angels have?
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It varies.
Anywhere from--
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I'd say 100 to 200.
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( rock music playing )
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Brinkley:
HUNTER INFILTRATED
THE STORY.
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HE CONSIDERED HIMSELF
A PHOTOJOURNALIST.
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IN HIS EARLY
APPLICATIONS FOR JOBS,
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HE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING
TO BE A PHOTOGRAPHER.
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Depp:
"THE SIGHT OF A PHOTOGRAPHER
INVARIABLY WHIPS THE ANGELS
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INTO A KISSING FRENZY.
THIS IS A GUARANTEED
SQUARE-JOLTER,
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AND THE ANGELS
ARE GLEEFULLY AWARE
OF THE REACTION IT GETS.
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'THEY CAN'T STAND IT,'
SAYS TERRY.
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'IT BLOWS THEIR MINDS
EVERY TIME--
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ESPECIALLY
THE TONGUE BIT.'"
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Wolfe: IT IS ONE
OF THE BRAVURA PIECES
OF REPORTING OF ALL TIME.
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HE ACTUALLY, AS THEY SAY,
RAN WITH THE ANGELS FOR--
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HE WAS EMBEDDED,
YOU KNOW?
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HE WAS EMBEDDED
IN THE HELL'S ANGELS
BATTALION.
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( rock music playing )
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Depp:
"THE MENACE IS LOOSE AGAIN.
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THE HELL'S ANGELS,
THE 100-CARAT HEADLINE,
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RUNNING FAST AND LOUD
ON THE EARLY-MORNING FREEWAY
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LIKE GENGHIS KHAN
ON AN IRON HORSE...
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A MONSTROUS STEED
WITH A FIERY ANUS,
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FLAT OUT THROUGH
THE EYE OF A BEER CAN
AND UP YOUR DAUGHTER'S LEG
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WITH NO QUARTER ASKED
AND NONE GIVEN."
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Brinkley:
IT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF HUNTER
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DEVELOPING HIS STYLE.
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IT IS NOT GONZO,
IT'S NOT SURREAL.
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IT IS STRAIGHT JOURNALISM,
BUT IT'S PARTICIPATORY.
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Depp:
"WEIRD AS IT SEEMS, AS THIS
GANG OF COSTUMED HOODLUMS
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CONVERGED ON MONTEREY
THAT MORNING
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THEY WERE ON THE VERGE
OF 'MAKING IT BIG,'
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AS THE SHOWBIZ
PEOPLE SAY,
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AND THEY WOULD OWE
MOST OF THEIR SUCCESS
TO A CURIOUS RAPE MANIA
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THAT RIDES
ON THE SHOULDER
OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM
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LIKE SOME JEERING,
MASTURBATING RAVEN.
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NOTHING GRABS AN EDITOR'S
EYE LIKE A GOOD RAPE.
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TO THEM, THE APPEARANCE
OF THE HELL'S ANGELS
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MUST HAVE SEEMED
LIKE A WONDERFUL
PUBLICITY STUNT."
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HELL'S ANGELS ACCUSED
OF RAPE AND PERVERSION,
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THEFT, NARCOTICS
AND VIOLENCE.
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AND THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL SAYS,
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"THEY WILL NO LONGER BE
ALLOWED TO THREATEN
THE LIVES,
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THE PEACE AND SECURITY
OF HONEST CITIZENS.
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HELL'S ANGELS ARE
THE BIGGEST
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OF THE OUTLAW
MOTORCYCLE CLUBS."
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OH, SHIT!
I JUST CAN'T DO IT.
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( engine revs )
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Depp:
"IN A NATION
OF FRIGHTENED DULLARDS
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THERE'S ALWAYS A SORRY
SHORTAGE OF OUTLAWS,
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AND THOSE FEW
WHO MAKE THE GRADE
ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
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THE HELL'S ANGELS POSE
FOR TELEVISION CAMERAMEN
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AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS
ON RADIO CALL-IN SHOWS.
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THEY WERE SOUGHT OUT
BY MYSTICS AND POETS,
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CHEERED ON
BY STUDENT REBELS
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AND INVITED TO PARTIES
GIVEN BY LIBERALS AND
INTELLECTUALS."
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Number two,
who is the author
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that sort of leads
the kind of LSD sect
out there
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in Los--
San Francisco?
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Ken Kesey.
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Number two,
the Merry Pranksters
gave a party
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for the Hell's Angels--
were you there?
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- --that lasted two days?
- Yes.
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WE'RE GOING
OUT ON AN OUTING--
ON A SUNDAY OUTING.
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OH, THIS IS LOVELY.
YOU KNOW, OUR LITTLE FAMILY.
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AND SO WE ENDED UP--
HUNTER SAID,
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"OH, YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING'S HAPPENING OVER--
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LET'S GO JUST KIND
OF CHECK IT OUT."
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THE BIG BANNERS
OUT THERE SAYING
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"THE MERRY PRANKSTERS
WELCOME THE HELL'S ANGELS."
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I THOUGHT I WAS
HAVING A LOT OF FUN.
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JUAN WAS IN THE CAR ASLEEP.
EVERYBODY WAS ON ACID.
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I WASN'T. HUNTER WASN'T.
HE HADN'T TAKEN ACID YET.
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00:17:11,231 --> 00:17:13,533
AND EVERYBODY IS
PRETTY HAPPY AND DANCING
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AND THEN WATCHING
THIS FIVE-HOUR FILM
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OR SOMETHING
KESEY HAD PUT TOGETHER.
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AND WHEN WE LEFT...
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HUNTER SAID,
"DID YOU KNOW WHAT
WAS HAPPENING IN THERE?"
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AND I SAID,
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"
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AND HE SAID,
"WELL, THERE WAS
A GANGBANG GOING ON."
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Hunter:
I'm watching it as
I was about six feet away.
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See from the door,
the lights were on,
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there was a kind of a filmy
curtain over the door.
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You could see shadows moving
around on the side. If you
knew what was happening--
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you could interpret
the movements of all
these shadowy figures
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behind this curtain--
silhouettes is what
they were.
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You could see
people getting down on her,
other people holding her legs,
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and really...
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surrealistically
horrifying.
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Brinkley:
THE TAPE RECORDER
FOR HUNTER WAS ESSENTIAL.
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HE ALWAYS BROUGHT
A TAPE RECORDER--
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00:18:00,113 --> 00:18:04,117
LIKE THOSE FAMOUS-- NOW--
TAPES OF THE HELL'S
ANGELS PARTY.
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( Hunter speaking )
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Brinkley: THOSE TAPES BECAME
A BIG PART OF THE BOOK
"HELL'S ANGELS,"
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BUT HE ALSO LOANED
THOSE TAPES TO TOM WOLFE.
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00:18:26,706 --> 00:18:29,742
WOLFE USED THOSE TAPES
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00:18:29,742 --> 00:18:34,113
AND EXTRACTED THINGS
FROM THEM FOR "THE ELECTRIC
KOOL-AID ACID TEST."
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00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:36,516
Wolfe:
I HAD A HARD TIME
WITH THE TAPE
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ABOUT THE RAPE SCENE
AT THE HELL'S ANGELS PARTY.
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IT WAS DYNAMITE,
FROM A REPORTING
POINT OF VIEW,
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BUT THE THING WAS,
I KNEW WHO THE KEY FIGURES
IN THAT WERE.
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00:18:44,557 --> 00:18:47,927
ONE WAS THE EX-WIFE...
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00:18:47,927 --> 00:18:50,263
OF NEAL CASSADY.
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00:18:50,263 --> 00:18:54,334
AND SHE
QUITE WILLINGLY...
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00:18:54,334 --> 00:18:56,503
INVITED THE--
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THE ENTIRE CORPS
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OF HELL'S ANGELS
TO HAVE A GO AT HER.
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00:19:01,608 --> 00:19:05,212
Wright: IT WASN'T
THE KESEY PEOPLE WHO WERE
DOING THE GANGBANG.
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00:19:05,212 --> 00:19:09,649
THEY WERE ABOUT LOVE
AND HAPPINESS...
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00:19:09,649 --> 00:19:12,219
AND TOGETHERNESS
AND COMMUNITY...
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00:19:12,219 --> 00:19:14,787
AND LOVE AND LIGHT.
THEY WERE, THE ANGELS WEREN'T.
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Depp:
"IT WAS ABOUT THIS TIME
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THAT MY LONG-STANDING
RAPPORT WITH THE ANGELS
BEGAN TO DETERIORATE.
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FOR NEARLY A YEAR
I HAD LIVED IN A WORLD
THAT SEEMED, AT FIRST,
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00:19:24,631 --> 00:19:26,566
LIKE SOMETHING ORIGINAL.
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00:19:26,566 --> 00:19:28,401
IT WAS OBVIOUS
FROM THE BEGINNING
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THAT THE MENACE
BORE LITTLE RESEMBLANCE
TO ITS PUBLICIZED IMAGE.
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00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:34,241
LATER, AS THEY ATTRACTED
MORE AND MORE ATTENTION,
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00:19:34,241 --> 00:19:36,976
THE MYSTIQUE
WAS STRETCHED SO THIN
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00:19:36,976 --> 00:19:39,379
THAT IT FINALLY
BECAME TRANSPARENT.
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00:19:41,381 --> 00:19:45,652
THE HONEYMOON
CAME TO A JANGLED END
ON OCTOBER 16th,
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00:19:45,652 --> 00:19:48,521
WHEN THE HELL'S ANGELS
ATTACKED A GET OUT OF
VIETNAM DEMONSTRATION
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AT THE OAKLAND-BERKELEY
BORDER."
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00:19:56,429 --> 00:19:58,465
Man on TV:
The bike rider is
Clifford Workman,
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00:19:58,465 --> 00:20:00,132
treasurer
of the Hell's Angels.
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00:20:00,132 --> 00:20:02,034
He's here to challenge
his biographer,
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a tense young
literary journalist
named Hunter Thompson.
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00:20:05,071 --> 00:20:06,873
What did you think
of the book?
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00:20:06,873 --> 00:20:09,041
Well, I'll tell you, Al
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00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:13,045
- and Hunter,
everybody in this room,
- ( audience laughs )
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00:20:13,045 --> 00:20:15,548
that that book
is 60% cheap trash.
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00:20:15,548 --> 00:20:18,585
This is what happened:
Junkie George was beating
his own lady.
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00:20:18,585 --> 00:20:21,454
- Al: Junkie George?
- ( audience laughs,
applause )
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00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:26,693
Clifford:
Junkie George's dog
bit him, right?
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00:20:26,693 --> 00:20:29,095
- Hunter: I didn't see--
- To me, this is a personal
affair.
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00:20:29,095 --> 00:20:31,130
If a guy wants to beat
his wife and his dog
bites him,
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00:20:31,130 --> 00:20:32,532
that's between
the three of them.
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00:20:32,532 --> 00:20:34,467
But there was somebody
about 30' to my left
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00:20:34,467 --> 00:20:36,369
beating his wife
to a pulp on the rocks.
383
00:20:36,369 --> 00:20:38,371
If he had been beating her
that bad, somebody would
have stopped him.
384
00:20:38,371 --> 00:20:40,273
Oh, no. Don't-- don't--
you're kidding me
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00:20:40,273 --> 00:20:42,409
and you're gonna
kid everybody else.
Nobody stopped him.
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00:20:42,409 --> 00:20:44,176
You know he beat his wife up.
You just said it, right?
387
00:20:44,176 --> 00:20:46,145
You walked right up
to him and you said,
388
00:20:46,145 --> 00:20:48,815
"Only a punk beats
his wife and dog."
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00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:51,851
- You finish it--
- And he said, "Hunter,
you want some of this?"
390
00:20:51,851 --> 00:20:54,721
And you said, "No."
But you got it anyways.
391
00:20:54,721 --> 00:20:57,990
And when he hit you,
three or four others
hit you too.
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00:20:57,990 --> 00:20:59,726
We let them beat him up
for a minute,
393
00:20:59,726 --> 00:21:02,094
then we broke it up
and told him to get
out of there.
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00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:04,764
He left
and got in his car.
Well, uh--
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00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:08,301
he says that he went
to the police station
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00:21:08,301 --> 00:21:11,538
all bloodied-up
and they threw him out,
which is malarkey.
397
00:21:11,538 --> 00:21:13,873
I mean, but it's part
of his style of writing.
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00:21:16,075 --> 00:21:18,778
Depp:
"MY FACE LOOKED LIKE
IT HAD BEEN JAMMED
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INTO THE SPOKES
OF A SPEEDING HARLEY,
400
00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:23,249
AND THE ONLY THING
KEEPING ME AWAKE
401
00:21:23,249 --> 00:21:26,085
WAS THE SPASTIC PAIN
OF A BROKEN RIB.
402
00:21:26,085 --> 00:21:28,087
IT HAD BEEN
A BAD TRIP--
403
00:21:28,087 --> 00:21:31,758
FAST AND WILD
IN SOME MOMENTS,
SLOW AND DIRTY IN OTHERS,
404
00:21:31,758 --> 00:21:34,961
BUT ON BALANCE
IT LOOKED LIKE A BUMMER.
405
00:21:34,961 --> 00:21:37,129
ON MY WAY BACK
TO SAN FRANCISCO,
406
00:21:37,129 --> 00:21:39,198
I TRIED TO COMPOSE
A FITTING EPITAPH.
407
00:21:39,198 --> 00:21:41,401
I WANTED
SOMETHING ORIGINAL,
408
00:21:41,401 --> 00:21:44,637
BUT THERE WAS NO ESCAPING
THE ECHO OF MISTAH KURTZ'S
FINAL WORDS
409
00:21:44,637 --> 00:21:46,339
FROM THE 'HEART
OF DARKNESS':
410
00:21:46,339 --> 00:21:50,176
'THE HORROR!
THE HORROR!
411
00:21:50,176 --> 00:21:52,945
EXTERMINATE
ALL THE BRUTES!'"
412
00:21:54,747 --> 00:21:57,850
Brinkley:
ALTHOUGH "HELL'S ANGELS"
ROCKETED HIM
413
00:21:57,850 --> 00:21:59,786
TO NAME RECOGNITION
AND SUCCESS,
414
00:21:59,786 --> 00:22:02,822
HE DIDN'T SEE IT HIMSELF
AS BEING THE SUCCESSFUL BOOK
THAT HE WANTED.
415
00:22:02,822 --> 00:22:04,491
IT DIDN'T SELL ENOUGH
FOR HIM,
416
00:22:04,491 --> 00:22:06,593
EVEN THOUGH IT MADE
THE BEST-SELLER LIST.
417
00:22:06,593 --> 00:22:09,362
HE DIDN'T MAKE ENOUGH
MONEY OFF OF IT. HE FELT
RIPPED OFF BY THE PUBLISHER.
418
00:22:09,362 --> 00:22:11,097
HE GOT FRUSTRATED
WITH THAT.
419
00:22:11,097 --> 00:22:13,466
HE HAD THOUGHT THAT IT
WOULD BE THE HOME RUN,
420
00:22:13,466 --> 00:22:16,736
BUT WHAT IT DID DO,
THAT BOOK MADE HIM REALIZE
421
00:22:16,736 --> 00:22:20,106
THAT THERE WAS A MARKET
IN THE FREAK CIRCUS
OF THE '60s.
422
00:22:20,106 --> 00:22:23,676
( "It's No Secret"
playing )
423
00:22:23,676 --> 00:22:27,647
Brinkley:
AND IT BECAME THIS THING
GOING ON OUT IN THE BAY AREA
424
00:22:27,647 --> 00:22:30,282
AND HUNTER WAS
DEEPLY PART OF IT.
425
00:22:33,586 --> 00:22:37,156
HE USED TO DRIVE
HIS BSA LIGHTNING MOTORBIKE
426
00:22:37,156 --> 00:22:40,860
AND GO TO
THE MATRIX AND BEFRIENDED
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE.
427
00:22:40,860 --> 00:22:43,195
HE HAD A HUGE CRUSH
ON GRACE SLICK.
428
00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:44,797
* OH!
429
00:22:44,797 --> 00:22:46,733
* IS IT ANY WONDER
WHY I FEEL LIKE *
430
00:22:46,733 --> 00:22:49,802
* MY WHOLE
LIFE IS THROUGH? *
431
00:22:49,802 --> 00:22:51,838
* YEAH! *
432
00:22:51,838 --> 00:22:55,942
* WHEN I STOP FEELING
HOW STRONG MY LOVE
IS FOR YOU... *
433
00:22:55,942 --> 00:22:58,277
Jann Wenner:
THE SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AREA WAS A HOTBED
434
00:22:58,277 --> 00:22:59,946
OF LIVE
ROCK 'N' ROLL STUFF,
435
00:22:59,946 --> 00:23:02,248
DRUG CULTURE,
PSYCHEDELICS, KESEY,
436
00:23:02,248 --> 00:23:05,618
POLITICS,
CAMPUS ACTIVISM.
437
00:23:05,618 --> 00:23:07,487
IT WAS MORE ON THE EDGE
CULTURALLY
438
00:23:07,487 --> 00:23:10,189
THAN ANY OTHER
PLACE IN THE COUNTRY.
THERE'S MORE FREEDOM THERE.
439
00:23:10,189 --> 00:23:13,292
"ROLLING STONE"
BEGAN AND MERGED
ALL THOSE ELEMENTS.
440
00:23:13,292 --> 00:23:15,695
AND WE JUST THOUGHT
THERE WAS A TIME FOR
A NEW KIND OF POLITICS
441
00:23:15,695 --> 00:23:18,665
AND IT WOULD EMERGE
OUT OF THE ROCK 'N' ROLL
CONSCIOUSNESS
442
00:23:18,665 --> 00:23:21,233
AND THAT ROCK 'N' ROLL
ETHOS AND THAT IDEA.
443
00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:27,640
* TODAY I FEEL LIKE
PLEASING YOU *
444
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,642
* MORE THAN BEFORE... *
445
00:23:29,642 --> 00:23:32,344
Wright:
THE ENERGY WAS
JUST PHENOMENAL.
446
00:23:32,344 --> 00:23:35,181
IT WAS LIKE
LOSING YOUR IDENTITY
447
00:23:35,181 --> 00:23:38,785
AND BEING
JUST KIND OF SUCKED...
448
00:23:38,785 --> 00:23:41,287
INTO WHATEVER,
YOU KNOW?
449
00:23:41,287 --> 00:23:43,289
WHATEVER--
WHATEVER THIS WAS,
450
00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:46,225
IT WAS SOME KIND OF
MAGICAL SOMETHING OR OTHER.
451
00:23:46,225 --> 00:23:48,761
* ...ALL I WANT TO DO *
452
00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:54,133
* TO BE LOVING YOU *
453
00:23:54,133 --> 00:24:00,172
* IT'LL ALL BE THERE WHEN
MY DREAMS COME TRUE... *
454
00:24:02,642 --> 00:24:05,712
Tim Crouse:
HUNTER WAS A ROMANTIC.
HUNTER'S UTOPIA,
455
00:24:05,712 --> 00:24:09,148
WHICH HE HAD EXPERIENCED
BEFORE I MET HIM,
456
00:24:09,148 --> 00:24:13,252
WAS SAN FRANCISCO
IN THE EARLY '60s.
457
00:24:13,252 --> 00:24:17,624
BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS
TWO GREAT MORAL PRESSURES--
458
00:24:17,624 --> 00:24:20,226
THE WAR
AND CIVIL RIGHTS.
459
00:24:20,226 --> 00:24:24,931
- ( clamoring )
- * TODAY YOU'LL
MAKE ME SAY... *
460
00:24:24,931 --> 00:24:28,200
Buchanan:
THERE'S BITTERNESS AND
NASTINESS TO POLITICS TODAY,
461
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,704
BUT I DON'T SENSE
THE SAME ANGER AND RAGE
462
00:24:31,704 --> 00:24:33,973
THAT WE HAD
IN THE 1960s--
463
00:24:33,973 --> 00:24:35,608
ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS,
RIOTS,
464
00:24:35,608 --> 00:24:40,513
DISORDERS OF RACIAL CONFLICT,
THE GENERATIONAL CONFLICT.
465
00:24:40,513 --> 00:24:42,549
AND HUNTER WAS RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
466
00:24:42,549 --> 00:24:46,118
* ...ANY MORE
THAN ALL I AM *
467
00:24:46,118 --> 00:24:49,321
* WOULD BE A LIE... *
468
00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:54,260
Brinkley:
THE LAST PERIOD
WHERE THERE WAS AN OPTIMISM
469
00:24:54,260 --> 00:24:56,362
IN HUNTER ABOUT AMERICA
WERE THE KENNEDYS,
470
00:24:56,362 --> 00:24:59,365
WITH JOHN KENNEDY
AND BOBBY KENNEDY.
471
00:24:59,365 --> 00:25:01,968
HUNTER LIKED THAT THEY
HAD SUCH HUBRIS.
472
00:25:01,968 --> 00:25:05,572
THEY COULD BE GOOD POLITICIANS
BUT PLAY HARD AT MIDNIGHT.
473
00:25:05,572 --> 00:25:08,240
THAT MEANT A LOT.
THOSE WERE HIS GUYS.
474
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,909
I WANT
THE POLITICS OF HOPE,
475
00:25:09,909 --> 00:25:12,444
BECAUSE I THINK THAT
WE CAN DO BETTER
IN THIS COUNTRY.
476
00:25:12,444 --> 00:25:14,113
AND I DON'T THINK
THAT WE CAN SAY
477
00:25:14,113 --> 00:25:16,315
THAT WE ARE JOYOUS
OR THAT WE ARE HAPPY
478
00:25:16,315 --> 00:25:19,451
IF 590 AMERICANS ARE KILLED
IN VIETNAM LAST WEEK
479
00:25:19,451 --> 00:25:21,654
AND IF WE HAVE RIOTING
IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL.
480
00:25:21,654 --> 00:25:23,189
I THINK THAT
WE CAN DO BETTER.
481
00:25:23,189 --> 00:25:25,758
* ...ALL FOR YOU. *
482
00:25:25,758 --> 00:25:27,159
( gunshot )
483
00:25:27,159 --> 00:25:29,596
( people screaming )
484
00:25:31,197 --> 00:25:34,100
Depp:
"THE DAY AFTER
ROBERT KENNEDY DIED
485
00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:37,503
I RECEIVED A NOTICE
FROM THE LOCAL RAILWAY
EXPRESS OFFICE
486
00:25:37,503 --> 00:25:40,640
SAYING MY WALTHER P-38
AUTOMATIC PISTOL
HAD ARRIVED.
487
00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:44,911
WE SHOT IT ONE AFTERNOON,
AGREEING THAT IT HAD A VERY
SMOOTH ACTION...
488
00:25:44,911 --> 00:25:47,413
AND THEN I SENT IT BACK.
489
00:25:47,413 --> 00:25:49,782
RETURNING THE P-38
SOLVED NOTHING.
490
00:25:49,782 --> 00:25:51,784
IT ONLY POSTPONED
THE NECESSITY
491
00:25:51,784 --> 00:25:53,920
OF COMING TO GRIPS
WITH MY GUN PROBLEM."
492
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,523
- ( gunshots )
- * HEY, JOE... *
493
00:25:57,523 --> 00:26:00,226
* WHERE YOU GOIN'
WITH THAT GUN IN YOUR HAND? *
494
00:26:03,596 --> 00:26:06,332
Brinkley: HUNTER SAW GUNS
AS ONE OF THE GREAT
THINGS IN LIFE.
495
00:26:06,332 --> 00:26:08,935
HE LOVED SHOOTING THEM
AND FIRING THEM WHENEVER
HE COULD.
496
00:26:08,935 --> 00:26:11,804
* WHERE YOU GOIN'
WITH THAT GUN IN YOUR HAND? *
497
00:26:11,804 --> 00:26:13,472
WHEN HE'S AT BIG SUR,
HE WOULD GO
498
00:26:13,472 --> 00:26:16,609
WILD-BOAR,
WILD-PIG HUNTING
WITH A SUBMACHINE GUN.
499
00:26:16,609 --> 00:26:18,544
( gunshots )
500
00:26:20,379 --> 00:26:22,815
Juan Thompson:
I HAD A BB GUN WHEN I WAS
LIKE SEVEN, PROBABLY.
501
00:26:22,815 --> 00:26:24,817
THOSE ARE SOME
OF MY BEST MEMORIES
FROM THAT TIME,
502
00:26:24,817 --> 00:26:26,786
BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING
WE BOTH ENJOYED DOING,
503
00:26:26,786 --> 00:26:28,921
BUT IT WAS ALSO BECAUSE
IT WAS TIME
504
00:26:28,921 --> 00:26:30,589
WE WERE BUILDING
OUR RELATIONSHIP
505
00:26:30,589 --> 00:26:33,893
AS A FATHER AND SON,
AND NOT JUST AS KIND
OF ROOMMATES.
506
00:26:33,893 --> 00:26:36,829
Wenner:
THE GUNS-- THEY WEREN'T
JUST FOR AMUSEMENT.
507
00:26:36,829 --> 00:26:38,965
HE LIKED THE NOISE,
THE VIOLENCE AND THE
DESTRUCTION OF IT.
508
00:26:38,965 --> 00:26:41,133
AND HE HAD THAT
IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE TOO.
509
00:26:41,133 --> 00:26:43,202
WE HAD
A REAL VIOLENT STREAK.
510
00:26:43,202 --> 00:26:45,571
Wright:
THE FIRST TIME
HE TOOK ACID, HUNTER SAYS,
511
00:26:45,571 --> 00:26:48,474
"SONDI, GET ME THE GUN."
I SAID, "I CAN'T
GET YOU THE GUN.
512
00:26:48,474 --> 00:26:52,611
I'M TERRIFIED
SOMETHING IS GONNA
HAPPEN TO JUAN."
513
00:26:52,611 --> 00:26:55,547
AND-- AND HUNTER SAYS,
514
00:26:55,547 --> 00:26:57,583
"YOU GET ME THAT GUN
515
00:26:57,583 --> 00:27:00,820
OR I'M THROWING THIS BOOT
THROUGH THE WINDOW."
516
00:27:00,820 --> 00:27:03,455
HE THROWS THE BOOT
THROUGH THE WINDOW.
( mimics glass shattering )
517
00:27:05,391 --> 00:27:08,928
Depp: "HAD MY BRAIN
TURNED INTO JELLY FROM
TOO MUCH ACID?
518
00:27:08,928 --> 00:27:11,530
WHAT WAS I DOING
WITH ALL THESE GUNS?
519
00:27:11,530 --> 00:27:13,199
MY ANGST BEGAN
TO FESTER
520
00:27:13,199 --> 00:27:16,468
AS THE GUN-CONTROL ARGUMENT
RAGED CLOSER TO HOME.
521
00:27:16,468 --> 00:27:18,570
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
BEGAN TELLING EACH OTHER
522
00:27:18,570 --> 00:27:23,042
THAT THE GUN
WAS THE ULTIMATE CURE
FOR WHAT AILS US...
523
00:27:23,042 --> 00:27:25,044
THE AMERICAN WAY."
524
00:27:25,044 --> 00:27:28,781
Brinkley:
BY 1968, HUNTER
TAKES ON THIS IDEA
525
00:27:28,781 --> 00:27:31,617
THAT HE'S GONNA
BE ABLE TO WRITE ON THE DEATH
OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.
526
00:27:31,617 --> 00:27:34,286
AND HUNTER THOUGHT
THAT COVERING POLITICS--
527
00:27:34,286 --> 00:27:36,455
'68 WAS GONNA
BE THE BOOK.
528
00:27:36,455 --> 00:27:39,959
( rock music playing )
529
00:27:41,527 --> 00:27:44,363
Depp:
"I WENT TO CHICAGO
AS A JOURNALIST.
530
00:27:44,363 --> 00:27:47,199
MY CANDIDATE HAD BEEN
MURDERED IN LOS ANGELES
531
00:27:47,199 --> 00:27:48,801
TWO MONTHS EARLIER."
532
00:27:53,272 --> 00:27:58,177
* COME ON, COME ON,
COME ON *
533
00:27:58,177 --> 00:27:59,846
* COME ON *
534
00:27:59,846 --> 00:28:03,415
* DIDN'T I MAKE
YOU FEEL... *
535
00:28:03,415 --> 00:28:06,385
Crouse:
HUNTER WAS IN CHICAGO RIGHT
IN THE MIDST OF THE GAS
536
00:28:06,385 --> 00:28:08,354
AND THE BEATINGS
AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
537
00:28:08,354 --> 00:28:11,490
AND I THINK THAT
THAT WAS A MILESTONE EVENT
538
00:28:11,490 --> 00:28:14,126
FOR HUNTER
THAT HE NEVER GOT OVER.
539
00:28:14,126 --> 00:28:17,363
AND HE NEVER
FORGAVE HUMPHREY
WHO WAS THE CANDIDATE,
540
00:28:17,363 --> 00:28:20,566
AND HE NEVER
FORGAVE MUSKIE WHO WAS THE
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
541
00:28:20,566 --> 00:28:24,370
FOR SUPPORTING MAYOR DALEY
AND HIS CHICAGO POLICE.
542
00:28:24,370 --> 00:28:30,342
* TAKE IT,
TAKE ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE
OF MY HEART NOW, BABY... *
543
00:28:30,342 --> 00:28:33,145
Depp:
"I WITNESSED AT LEAST
10 BEATINGS IN CHICAGO
544
00:28:33,145 --> 00:28:36,783
THAT WERE WORSE
THAN ANYTHING I EVER
SAW THE HELL'S ANGELS DO.
545
00:28:36,783 --> 00:28:39,251
I LEFT IN A STATE
OF HYSTERICAL ANGST,
546
00:28:39,251 --> 00:28:41,353
CONVINCED
BY WHAT I HAD SEEN
547
00:28:41,353 --> 00:28:43,956
THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM WAS
CLUBBING ITSELF TO DEATH."
548
00:28:43,956 --> 00:28:46,658
* IF IT MAKES YOU
FEEL GOOD... *
549
00:28:46,658 --> 00:28:50,329
Wright: THERE WERE ONLY TEARS
TWICE THAT I REMEMBER EVER
IN OUR 19 YEARS TOGETHER.
550
00:28:50,329 --> 00:28:53,766
I REMEMBER ONE,
WHEN HE CAME BACK FROM
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
551
00:28:53,766 --> 00:28:55,768
AND HE WAS TELLING ME
THE STORIES
552
00:28:55,768 --> 00:28:57,804
ABOUT THE PEOPLE
BEING BEATEN
553
00:28:57,804 --> 00:29:00,106
AND HE-- YOU KNOW,
THE TEARS JUST--
554
00:29:00,106 --> 00:29:04,476
AND THAT WAS
VERY-- YOU KNOW.
555
00:29:04,476 --> 00:29:08,014
IT WAS--
HUNTER WAS A MAN
THAT DIDN'T CRY.
556
00:29:08,014 --> 00:29:11,183
* AND BABY, DEEP DOWN
IN YOUR HEART... *
557
00:29:11,183 --> 00:29:15,087
Wright:
AND HE CARED SO MUCH.
HUNTER WAS A PATRIOT.
558
00:29:15,087 --> 00:29:17,489
HE KNEW THE CONSTITUTION,
HE CARED ABOUT IT,
559
00:29:17,489 --> 00:29:21,127
AND THEN THERE HE WAS
IN CHICAGO AND IT'S ALL
BEING DESTROYED.
560
00:29:21,127 --> 00:29:23,029
( Janis Joplin shrieks )
561
00:29:23,029 --> 00:29:25,664
* TAKE IT, TAKE
ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE... *
562
00:29:25,664 --> 00:29:28,267
Wright:
I THINK CHICAGO
INSPIRED HIM TO DO--
563
00:29:28,267 --> 00:29:30,702
TO DO MORE,
TO GET MORE INVOLVED.
564
00:29:30,702 --> 00:29:32,839
* TAKE ANOTHER LITTLE
PIECE OF MY HEART *
565
00:29:32,839 --> 00:29:36,108
- * NOW, DARLING,
YEAH YEAH YEAH *
- * OH, HAVE A... *
566
00:29:36,108 --> 00:29:39,478
Wenner:
RIGHT AWAY, RIOTS STARTED--
CHICAGO, '68 TOOK PLACE.
567
00:29:39,478 --> 00:29:42,348
THEN THAT WAS
KIND OF A RADICALIZING,
GALVANIZING EVENT.
568
00:29:42,348 --> 00:29:46,285
WE WERE ALREADY ESCHEWING
MAINSTREAM NOSTALGIA
IN POLITICS
569
00:29:46,285 --> 00:29:48,587
SAYING, "LOOK,
THE SYSTEM IS TOO RIGGED.
POLITICS IS...
570
00:29:48,587 --> 00:29:50,256
FINE, BUT IN
SOME OTHER VENUE."
571
00:29:50,256 --> 00:29:52,291
I GOT A LETTER FROM HUNTER
OUT OF THE BLUE,
572
00:29:52,291 --> 00:29:55,027
COMPLIMENTING ME
ON "ROLLING STONE,"
HOW MUCH HE LIKED IT.
573
00:29:55,027 --> 00:29:57,296
SO I WROTE HIM BACK
AND SAID, "WHAT ARE
YOU DOING THESE DAYS?
574
00:29:57,296 --> 00:29:59,031
I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU
IN THE MAGAZINE."
575
00:29:59,031 --> 00:30:00,833
THEN HE MENTIONED
HE WAS RUNNING FOR SHERIFF.
576
00:30:00,833 --> 00:30:03,802
SO I SAID,
"HOW ABOUT THAT?
SOUNDS GREAT."
577
00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:06,072
IT'S THE KIND OF THING
WE WOULD RUN TODAY,
578
00:30:06,072 --> 00:30:09,741
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY
RUNNING FOR SHERIFF IN ASPEN,
TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE TOWN.
579
00:30:09,741 --> 00:30:12,411
James Salter:
Hunter Thompson is a moralist
580
00:30:12,411 --> 00:30:14,446
posing as an immoralist.
581
00:30:14,446 --> 00:30:17,984
Nixon is an immoralist
disguised as a moralist.
582
00:30:17,984 --> 00:30:20,019
This is James Salter.
583
00:30:20,019 --> 00:30:23,555
There'll be thieves
and auto wrecks in Aspen
whoever gets elected,
584
00:30:23,555 --> 00:30:25,791
but Hunter represents
something wholly alien
585
00:30:25,791 --> 00:30:28,194
to the other candidates
for sheriff--
586
00:30:28,194 --> 00:30:30,562
ideas,
and the sympathy
587
00:30:30,562 --> 00:30:33,966
towards the young, generous,
grass-oriented society,
588
00:30:33,966 --> 00:30:36,302
which is making
the only serious effort
589
00:30:36,302 --> 00:30:39,671
to face the technological
nightmare we have created.
590
00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:41,673
The only thing
against him is
591
00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:44,143
he is a visionary
who wants to cure
the world.
592
00:30:44,143 --> 00:30:47,413
George Stranahan:
FIRST OF ALL, HE DROVE
EVERYBODY BATSHIT NUTS.
593
00:30:47,413 --> 00:30:50,382
HUNTER WAS MY FRIEND
AND NEIGHBOR,
594
00:30:50,382 --> 00:30:53,920
THE MAN WHO
NEVER PAID HIS RENT,
BROKE UP MY MARRIAGE
595
00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:55,654
AND TAUGHT MY CHILDREN
TO SMOKE DOPE.
596
00:30:56,889 --> 00:30:58,790
NOW HUNTER
WAS OUTRAGEOUS,
597
00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:01,127
BUT THERE WAS
SUCH A SORT OF MOVEMENT
598
00:31:01,127 --> 00:31:03,896
THAT THIS GUY
MAY BE CRAZY,
599
00:31:03,896 --> 00:31:06,198
BUT BETTER THAT
THAN WHITMIRE.
600
00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:08,134
( bell tolling )
601
00:31:11,170 --> 00:31:15,041
Announcer:
The American sheriff's job was
carved out of the rugged West.
602
00:31:15,041 --> 00:31:16,842
It was a desperately-
needed position
603
00:31:16,842 --> 00:31:21,080
of few words, much action,
and little praise or glory.
604
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,849
Today the sheriff has
reams of responsibility.
605
00:31:23,849 --> 00:31:27,353
But still-- as in the past--
the number-one responsibility
606
00:31:27,353 --> 00:31:30,522
is to protect his people
and enforce their laws.
607
00:31:30,522 --> 00:31:32,524
Vote for and elect
608
00:31:32,524 --> 00:31:35,327
Carrol Whitmire
for our sheriff.
609
00:31:35,327 --> 00:31:37,796
I THINK A LOT OF PLACES
ARE BEYOND THIS KIND
OF POLITICS.
610
00:31:39,598 --> 00:31:41,934
WE SEEMED TO BE RUNNING
AN EXPERIMENT THAT PEOPLE
WERE WATCHING.
611
00:31:45,371 --> 00:31:48,574
Stranahan:
HUNTER CAME TO ASPEN,
HE HAD MOVED INTO OUR FARM.
612
00:31:48,574 --> 00:31:50,442
HUNTER LIKED
TO TALK POLITICS.
613
00:31:50,442 --> 00:31:54,981
I WAS JUST AT THAT AGE
OF WAR PROTEST-- 1968.
614
00:31:54,981 --> 00:31:58,017
I WAS BECOMING
POLITICAL...
615
00:31:58,017 --> 00:32:00,652
AND SO HUNTER AND I
HAD A LOT IN COMMON
TO TALK ABOUT.
616
00:32:03,355 --> 00:32:06,825
Bob Braudis:
ASPEN THEN WAS A MAGNET
FOR INTELLECTUALS
617
00:32:06,825 --> 00:32:09,261
WHO WANTED TO DROP OUT.
618
00:32:09,261 --> 00:32:11,397
AND HUNTER CONVINCED US
619
00:32:11,397 --> 00:32:13,299
THAT WE DIDN'T
HAVE MUCH EFFECT
ON WHAT HAPPENED
620
00:32:13,299 --> 00:32:15,401
IN WASHINGTON
DAY TO DAY
621
00:32:15,401 --> 00:32:19,138
AND WHAT HAPPENED
IN WASHINGTON FROM DAY TO DAY
DIDN'T HAVE MUCH EFFECT ON US.
622
00:32:19,138 --> 00:32:22,774
BUT WHAT HAPPENED
IN PITKIN COUNTY
HAD A VISCERAL,
623
00:32:22,774 --> 00:32:27,346
DAILY, HOURLY
EFFECT ON THE WAY
WE LIVED HERE.
624
00:32:27,346 --> 00:32:31,250
PEOPLE DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND THAT ASPEN
WAS A BATTLEGROUND.
625
00:32:31,250 --> 00:32:33,986
ASPEN WAS MORE
OF A DISNEYLAND.
626
00:32:33,986 --> 00:32:37,889
HUNTER WAS A VISIONARY.
HE UNDERSTOOD MORE
ABOUT LAND USE
627
00:32:37,889 --> 00:32:39,925
AND DEVELOPMENT
THAN ANY OF US DID.
628
00:32:39,925 --> 00:32:44,663
NOBODY AT THE TIME
WAS STANDING UP TO
THE BULLDOZERS.
629
00:32:44,663 --> 00:32:46,665
"TENTATIVE PLATFORM,
THOMPSON FOR SHERIFF,
630
00:32:46,665 --> 00:32:50,002
ASPEN, COLORADO, 1970:
631
00:32:50,002 --> 00:32:54,540
1-- RIP UP ALL CITY STREETS
WITH JACKHAMMERS
632
00:32:54,540 --> 00:32:57,276
AND SOD THE STREETS
AT ONCE.
633
00:32:57,276 --> 00:33:02,081
2-- CHANGE THE NAME 'ASPEN'
TO 'FAT CITY.'
634
00:33:02,081 --> 00:33:04,850
THIS WOULD PREVENT
GREEDHEADS, LAND-RAPERS
635
00:33:04,850 --> 00:33:07,786
AND OTHER HUMAN JACKALS
FROM CAPITALIZING ON
THE NAME 'ASPEN.'
636
00:33:07,786 --> 00:33:11,723
THESE SWINES SHOULD BE
FUCKED, BROKEN,
637
00:33:11,723 --> 00:33:13,759
AND DRIVEN
ACROSS THE LAND.
638
00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:17,496
3-- IT WILL BE
THE GENERAL PHILOSOPHY
639
00:33:17,496 --> 00:33:20,899
OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
THAT NO DRUG WORTH TAKING
640
00:33:20,899 --> 00:33:23,169
SHOULD BE SOLD
FOR MONEY.
641
00:33:23,169 --> 00:33:25,271
MY FIRST ACT AS SHERIFF
642
00:33:25,271 --> 00:33:29,241
WILL BE TO INSTALL
ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN
A SET OF STOCKS
643
00:33:29,241 --> 00:33:31,810
IN ORDER TO PUNISH
DISHONEST DOPE DEALERS
644
00:33:31,810 --> 00:33:33,945
IN A PROPER
PUBLIC FASHION."
645
00:33:33,945 --> 00:33:36,748
( "Walk on the Wild Side"
playing )
646
00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:40,352
Juan:
I WAS ONLY ABOUT SIX
AT THE TIME,
647
00:33:40,352 --> 00:33:42,388
BUT LEGEND HAS IT
THAT MY FATHER SHAVED
HIS HEAD
648
00:33:42,388 --> 00:33:46,292
SO HE COULD SAY,
"UNLIKE MY LONG-HAIRED
OPPONENT, SHERIFF WHITMIRE."
649
00:33:46,292 --> 00:33:48,294
I JUST WISH I COULD
HAVE BEEN OLD ENOUGH
650
00:33:48,294 --> 00:33:50,496
TO REALLY UNDERSTAND
PEOPLE'S REACTION
651
00:33:50,496 --> 00:33:52,964
ABOUT THIS CRAZY,
BALD, FREAK DRUG-FIEND
652
00:33:52,964 --> 00:33:56,168
WHO WAS ABOUT
TO TAKE OVER THE WHOLE
POLITICAL MECHANISM.
653
00:33:57,736 --> 00:34:01,039
* HOLLY CAME
FROM MIAMI, F.L.A... *
654
00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:04,210
HUNTER THOMPSON
IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE
WHO HAS THE IMAGINATION
655
00:34:04,210 --> 00:34:08,180
AND INTELLIGENCE TO BE
A LAW-ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVE.
656
00:34:08,180 --> 00:34:09,981
ELECT HUNTER THOMPSON
SHERIFF.
657
00:34:09,981 --> 00:34:11,983
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
LISTENING!
658
00:34:11,983 --> 00:34:14,553
WHY DOESN'T ANYBODY
LISTEN TO ME ANYMORE?!
659
00:34:14,553 --> 00:34:16,555
( screams )
THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!
660
00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:19,925
* HEY, HONEY, TAKE
A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE... *
661
00:34:19,925 --> 00:34:22,328
( woman laughs,
applauds )
662
00:34:22,328 --> 00:34:25,264
Braudis: AT THE START,
I THINK IT WAS MORE TO GET
A MESSAGE OUT
663
00:34:25,264 --> 00:34:27,833
KNOWING THAT DEFEAT
WAS CERTAIN.
664
00:34:27,833 --> 00:34:31,670
THE SERIOUS COMPONENT
OF HUNTER'S CAMPAIGN
SNOWBALLED
665
00:34:31,670 --> 00:34:35,040
AND, AS THE MOVEMENT
GAINED MOMENTUM,
666
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,477
I THINK HUNTER
ACTUALLY BELIEVED
THAT HE HAD A CHANCE.
667
00:34:38,477 --> 00:34:42,348
AND A LOT OF US THAT
WERE SUPPORTING HUNTER
SHARED THAT BELIEF.
668
00:34:42,348 --> 00:34:45,484
WE'RE TRYING
TO GET TOGETHER A LIST
OF ENDORSEMENTS
669
00:34:45,484 --> 00:34:48,387
FOR HUNTER THOMPSON
FOR SHERIFF.
670
00:34:48,387 --> 00:34:50,055
Braudis:
WE WERE ALL FREAKS--
671
00:34:50,055 --> 00:34:53,292
THE PEOPLE
WHO CAME TOGETHER
IN SUPPORT OF HUNTER--
672
00:34:53,292 --> 00:34:57,196
BUT I THINK OUR BIGGEST
ISSUE AT THE TIME WAS
THE ENVIRONMENT,
673
00:34:57,196 --> 00:34:59,198
AND A SECONDARY ISSUE
674
00:34:59,198 --> 00:35:01,867
WAS THE ILLEGAL STATUS
OF DRUGS.
675
00:35:01,867 --> 00:35:04,069
WHAT IS THAT
YOU'RE SMOKING?
676
00:35:04,069 --> 00:35:06,638
THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE
TO BE MARIJUANA.
677
00:35:06,638 --> 00:35:08,540
( all laugh )
678
00:35:08,540 --> 00:35:10,309
- YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T TELL?
- ( laughs )
679
00:35:10,309 --> 00:35:13,111
AN AWFUL LOT OF US
WERE SMOKING DOPE
680
00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:15,547
BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT SAID,
"THOU SHALT NOT."
681
00:35:15,547 --> 00:35:17,216
WE SAID, "WE SHALL."
682
00:35:17,216 --> 00:35:20,519
MARIJUANA LAWS ARE
ONE OF THE REASONS
683
00:35:20,519 --> 00:35:23,655
THAT HAS ENGENDERED
THIS LACK OF RESPECT
684
00:35:23,655 --> 00:35:27,125
THAT COPS COMPLAIN ABOUT
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
685
00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:29,861
WHEN YOU GET A WHOLE
GENERATION THAT GROWS UP
686
00:35:29,861 --> 00:35:33,199
AS FELONS, THEY KNOW
THE LAW IS RIDICULOUS
687
00:35:33,199 --> 00:35:35,234
AND THEY'RE TOLD US
ALL THIS GIBBERISH ABOUT IT--
688
00:35:35,234 --> 00:35:38,103
"IT DRIVES YOU CRAZY
AND MAKES YOUR BRAIN SOFT,
AND YOUR FEET FALL OFF."
689
00:35:38,103 --> 00:35:40,606
( all laughing )
690
00:35:40,606 --> 00:35:42,608
EVEN THE POLICE KNOW
IT'S A SILLY LAW.
691
00:35:42,608 --> 00:35:45,611
IT'S TIME THAT
WE EITHER BRIDGE
THAT CHASM
692
00:35:45,611 --> 00:35:48,046
WITH SOME KIND OF REALISTIC
LAW ENFORCEMENT OR ELSE--
693
00:35:48,046 --> 00:35:51,016
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA
BE BRIDGED IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE'RE GOING TO REVOLUTION.
694
00:35:51,016 --> 00:35:52,984
Wright:
I THINK THAT WAS
ONE OF HUNTER'S
695
00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:55,053
GREATEST TIMES,
MYSELF.
696
00:35:55,053 --> 00:35:57,856
HE HAD THE PASSION
TO MOVE PEOPLE,
697
00:35:57,856 --> 00:36:00,692
CHANGE PEOPLE'S THINKING,
698
00:36:00,692 --> 00:36:03,895
MAKE THEM ACT
699
00:36:03,895 --> 00:36:07,399
AND BRING THEM OUT--
NOT JUST DEFY AUTHORITY
700
00:36:07,399 --> 00:36:10,236
AND TAKE AS MANY DRUGS
AS YOU WANT,
701
00:36:10,236 --> 00:36:13,505
BUT TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE
TRYING TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM,
702
00:36:13,505 --> 00:36:15,807
MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK
703
00:36:15,807 --> 00:36:18,076
AND MAKE
THE SYSTEM GOOD.
704
00:36:18,076 --> 00:36:20,011
HE HAD THAT IN HIM.
705
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,516
Whitmire:
IF HE WAS ELECTED SHERIFF,
I CAN FORESEE
706
00:36:24,516 --> 00:36:29,054
THAT YOU WOULD HAVE
AN INFLUX OF WHAT WE
CALL THE HIPPIES.
707
00:36:29,054 --> 00:36:32,258
AND I THINK
IF THIS HAPPENED,
708
00:36:32,258 --> 00:36:34,326
IT WOULD ACTUALLY
DESTROY ASPEN.
709
00:36:41,733 --> 00:36:44,670
Man:
WHEN YOU PUBLICLY COME OUT
WITH STATEMENTS
710
00:36:44,670 --> 00:36:46,305
OF MESCALINE,
MARIJUANA--
711
00:36:46,305 --> 00:36:48,840
MY GOOD GOD!
712
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:50,909
THIS ISN'T THE WAY
OF AMERICAN LIFE.
713
00:36:50,909 --> 00:36:54,646
* YOU WALK
INTO THE ROOM *
714
00:36:54,646 --> 00:36:56,948
* WITH YOUR PENCIL
IN YOUR HAND *
715
00:36:56,948 --> 00:36:59,651
* YOU SEE
SOMEBODY NAKED *
716
00:36:59,651 --> 00:37:02,554
* AND YOU SAY,
"WHO IS THAT, MAN?" *
717
00:37:02,554 --> 00:37:07,326
THEY ARE RAPING
OUR FORESTS. SOME OF THEM
ARE LIVING LIKE ANIMALS.
718
00:37:07,326 --> 00:37:09,895
* BECAUSE SOMETHING
IS HAPPENING HERE *
719
00:37:09,895 --> 00:37:13,999
* BUT YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT IS *
720
00:37:13,999 --> 00:37:19,137
* DO YOU,
MR. JONES? *
721
00:37:19,137 --> 00:37:21,507
HUNTER THOMPSON...
722
00:37:21,507 --> 00:37:25,411
HAS NO GRIP ON REALITY.
I THINK HE'S PSYCHOTIC.
723
00:37:25,411 --> 00:37:28,480
I THINK IF THERE WAS EVER
GONNA BE ANY EXCESSES
724
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,482
WITHIN THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT,
725
00:37:30,482 --> 00:37:33,785
I'D LOOK FOR MORE
OUT OF HUNTER THOMPSON
THAN CARROL WHITMIRE.
726
00:37:33,785 --> 00:37:35,821
* AND YOU GO WATCH
THE GEEK... *
727
00:37:35,821 --> 00:37:38,890
Braudis:
HE WAS A REDNECK
AND VERY POPULAR
728
00:37:38,890 --> 00:37:42,461
WITH THE PEOPLE WHO
CONTROLLED THIS VALLEY THEN.
729
00:37:42,461 --> 00:37:44,496
THEY DIDN'T WANT
A SMART SHERIFF.
730
00:37:44,496 --> 00:37:46,632
THEY WANTED PEOPLE
WHO WOULD DO THEIR BIDDING.
731
00:37:46,632 --> 00:37:48,334
* BE SUCH A FREAK... *
732
00:37:48,334 --> 00:37:51,470
I'M NOT AT ALL
EMBARRASSED AT THE USE
OF THE WORD "FREAK."
733
00:37:51,470 --> 00:37:54,005
I THINK THE WAY
THINGS ARE GOING,
IN THIS COUNTRY TODAY
734
00:37:54,005 --> 00:37:56,408
IT'S A VERY
HONORABLE DESIGNATION.
I'M PROUD OF IT.
735
00:37:56,408 --> 00:37:58,844
* AND SOMETHING
IS HAPPENING HERE... *
736
00:37:58,844 --> 00:38:01,112
Hunter:
WE HAVE A SITUATION HERE,
AN ISOLATED TOWN,
737
00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:03,014
WITH A VERY UNUSUAL
KIND OF POPULATION.
738
00:38:03,014 --> 00:38:06,017
WE DO HAVE
A FREAK POWER BASE.
IT'S UNDENIABLE.
739
00:38:06,017 --> 00:38:08,587
WE HAVE
ABOUT 1,000 VOTES
THAT WOULDN'T--
740
00:38:08,587 --> 00:38:12,658
IF I WENT OUT THERE AND WALKED
THROUGH THE STREETS NAKED
WITH A BOMB IN EACH HAND,
741
00:38:12,658 --> 00:38:15,160
( laughs )
THEY WOULD STILL VOTE FOR ME.
742
00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:22,133
Braudis:
ONE OF HUNTER'S
"FREAK POWER" TOOLS
743
00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:25,236
WAS TO REGISTER PEOPLE
WHO HAD NEVER VOTED BEFORE.
744
00:38:25,236 --> 00:38:27,573
- OKAY, WHERE'S
THIS VOTING PLACE?
- ( laughs )
745
00:38:27,573 --> 00:38:30,576
- HUNTER, 182;
WHITMIRE, 137.
- ( phone rings )
746
00:38:30,576 --> 00:38:32,411
- RICKS, 10.
- YEAH! RIGHT!
747
00:38:32,411 --> 00:38:35,113
( all cheering )
748
00:38:36,648 --> 00:38:38,450
Woman:
ONE COULD DO IT,
ONE COULD DO IT.
749
00:38:38,450 --> 00:38:40,752
THE SUBURBS--
THE SILENT MAJORITY.
750
00:38:40,752 --> 00:38:44,990
- OKAY, HERE'S THE TOTALS.
- Man: HE'S NOT AVAILABLE
RIGHT AT THIS SECOND.
751
00:38:47,826 --> 00:38:51,229
WHITMIRE, 204;
752
00:38:51,229 --> 00:38:53,899
- HUNTER, 173.
- ( murmuring )
753
00:38:53,899 --> 00:38:56,535
OKAY, UH...
754
00:38:56,535 --> 00:38:59,170
UNFORTUNATELY,
IT PROVED WHAT
I SET OUT TO PROVE--
755
00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:02,273
AND IT WAS MORE
A POLITICAL POINT
THAN A LOCAL ELECTION--
756
00:39:02,273 --> 00:39:06,044
- THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM
REALLY IS --.
- ( bleeps )
757
00:39:06,044 --> 00:39:09,014
VERY HARD TO HAVE
A BALDHEADED LUNATIC--
758
00:39:09,014 --> 00:39:11,249
I'LL DO THAT
FOR THE CAMERAS.
HEY, YOU FELLOWS.
759
00:39:11,249 --> 00:39:13,552
Man:
ALL RIGHT!
760
00:39:13,552 --> 00:39:17,523
AND WE MADE A MISTAKE
IN THINKING...
761
00:39:17,523 --> 00:39:19,658
THAT THE TOWN WAS
READY FOR AN HONEST
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
762
00:39:19,658 --> 00:39:23,261
Depp:
"WE FRIGHTEN
THE BASTARDS SO BADLY
763
00:39:23,261 --> 00:39:26,231
THAT ON ELECTION DAY
THEY ROLLED PEOPLE
IN WHEELCHAIRS--
764
00:39:26,231 --> 00:39:30,502
EVEN ON STRETCHERS--
INTO THE POLLING PLACES
TO VOTE AGAINST US.
765
00:39:30,502 --> 00:39:33,805
AND WHEN I LOST,
THEY INSTANTLY GOT
DOWN TO MAKING SURE
766
00:39:33,805 --> 00:39:38,276
THAT NOBODY
LIKE ME COULD EVER
RUN FOR OFFICE AGAIN."
767
00:39:38,276 --> 00:39:40,912
WE RAN THAT STORY,
768
00:39:40,912 --> 00:39:44,215
HAD THE INFAMOUS POSTER
OF A TWO-THUMBED HAND
769
00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:45,884
HOLDING A PEYOTE BUTTON.
770
00:39:45,884 --> 00:39:50,756
HE CAME IN
AND TALKED TO AN EDITOR
NAMED JOHN LOMBARDI.
771
00:39:50,756 --> 00:39:53,091
AFTERWARDS, LOMBARDI,
WHO WAS FROM PHILADELPHIA
772
00:39:53,091 --> 00:39:56,194
AND WAS NOT QUITE USED
TO THE WEST COAST CRAZY--
773
00:39:56,194 --> 00:39:58,697
HE SAID, "YOU KNOW,
THAT HUNTER THOMPSON
IS WEIRD.
774
00:39:58,697 --> 00:40:00,432
HE'S REALLY WEIRD.
775
00:40:00,432 --> 00:40:02,768
HE CAME IN WITH A BOX
FULL OF WIGS AND HATS.
776
00:40:02,768 --> 00:40:04,770
HE WAS TAKING THEM OFF
AND PUTTING THEM ON
777
00:40:04,770 --> 00:40:07,338
IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE CONVERSATION."
778
00:40:07,338 --> 00:40:09,441
( "Sympathy for the Devil"
playing )
779
00:40:17,749 --> 00:40:21,787
* PLEASE ALLOW ME
TO INTRODUCE MYSELF *
780
00:40:21,787 --> 00:40:26,124
* I'M A MAN OF WEALTH
AND TASTE... *
781
00:40:26,124 --> 00:40:28,359
Wenner:
RALPH IS CRAZIER
THAN HUNTER EVER WAS.
782
00:40:28,359 --> 00:40:30,428
WHEREAS HUNTER COULD ALWAYS
PULL BACK FROM THE EDGE,
783
00:40:30,428 --> 00:40:33,732
RALPH WAS
A TRUE BELIEVER.
AND IF IT WAS TIME
784
00:40:33,732 --> 00:40:35,901
TO TAKE
THE FUCKING THING DOWN,
RALPH WAS PREPARED
785
00:40:35,901 --> 00:40:37,769
TO GO IN LIKE GUY FAWKES
AND BLOW UP PARLIAMENT.
786
00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:41,573
AND SO WE HAD
THIS PURITY OF VISION,
787
00:40:41,573 --> 00:40:43,509
AND HUNTER SAW THAT.
788
00:40:43,509 --> 00:40:45,577
I KNOW YOU
FROM SOMEWHERE.
I WONDER WHERE.
789
00:40:45,577 --> 00:40:47,345
* PLEASED
TO MEET YOU... *
790
00:40:47,345 --> 00:40:49,515
HAVE I SEEN YOU
SOMEWHERE BEFORE?
791
00:40:49,515 --> 00:40:52,083
ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?
ARE YOU LISTENING?
792
00:40:52,083 --> 00:40:54,119
PLEASE!
793
00:40:54,119 --> 00:40:57,155
Stewardess: On behalf
of Rocky Mountain Airways
and your flight crew,
794
00:40:57,155 --> 00:40:59,290
we'd like to thank you
for flying with us today.
795
00:40:59,290 --> 00:41:01,292
Have a pleasant stay
in Aspen
796
00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:03,862
or wherever your final
destination might be.
797
00:41:03,862 --> 00:41:06,798
Steadman:
I THINK WHAT
HE SAW IN THIS CONNECTION
798
00:41:06,798 --> 00:41:10,035
WAS SOMEBODY THAT SOMEHOW
SAW THE THING IN PICTURES
799
00:41:10,035 --> 00:41:13,104
AS HE SAW IT IN WORDS.
AND THAT SEEMED TO ME
800
00:41:13,104 --> 00:41:16,041
TO BE PART
OF THE WHOLE CHEMISTRY,
OF OUR CHEMISTRY,
801
00:41:16,041 --> 00:41:17,843
THAT MADE GONZO
POSSIBLE.
802
00:41:17,843 --> 00:41:20,879
HERE I GO.
803
00:41:20,879 --> 00:41:23,949
Perry:
I'VE SEEN THE ILLUSTRATIONS
STEADMAN WAS DOING
804
00:41:23,949 --> 00:41:25,951
BEFORE HE WORKED
WITH HUNTER.
805
00:41:25,951 --> 00:41:29,921
HE WAS MUCH MORE
CONVENTIONAL BEFORE HUNTER
GOT AHOLD OF HIM.
806
00:41:29,921 --> 00:41:32,724
HUNTER TOLD ME
HE LIKED STEADMAN'S STUFF,
807
00:41:32,724 --> 00:41:36,494
SO HE ASKED HIM
TO HELP HIM COVER
THE KENTUCKY DERBY
808
00:41:36,494 --> 00:41:39,164
FOR A MAGAZINE
CALLED "SCANLAN'S."
809
00:41:39,164 --> 00:41:41,700
AND RALPH TOLD ME
AS SOON AS HE GOT OFF
THE AIRPLANE,
810
00:41:41,700 --> 00:41:44,435
HUNTER GAVE HIM
SOME PSILOCYBIN
AND HIS LIFE CHANGED.
811
00:41:44,435 --> 00:41:47,172
- COME ON, BUDDY.
- COME ON, HEY!
HUNTER!
812
00:41:50,075 --> 00:41:52,878
* WHEN AFTER ALL
IT WAS YOU AND ME... *
813
00:41:52,878 --> 00:41:55,280
SO NICE TO SEE YOU.
814
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,015
Wright: RALPH--
WHEN HE FIRST MET HUNTER,
815
00:41:57,015 --> 00:41:58,617
HE'D NEVER DONE
ANY DRUGS.
816
00:41:58,617 --> 00:42:01,987
HE DRANK, BUT HE'D NEVER
DONE ANYTHING HALLUCINOGENIC.
817
00:42:01,987 --> 00:42:05,156
AND SO HERE COMES HUNTER,
HE GIVES HIM MESCALINE
818
00:42:05,156 --> 00:42:08,393
AND HE LOSES IT.
819
00:42:08,393 --> 00:42:10,328
YOU KNOW,
RALPH LOSES IT.
820
00:42:13,632 --> 00:42:15,300
Steadman:
I WAS A CHOIRBOY--
821
00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:17,969
YOU KNOW, DECENT,
INNOCENT ABROAD.
822
00:42:17,969 --> 00:42:19,605
YOU KNOW HOW THINGS ARE.
823
00:42:19,605 --> 00:42:22,841
AND SO I GUESS
IT WAS ATTRACTIVE,
824
00:42:22,841 --> 00:42:25,176
THAT KIND OF RACINESS.
825
00:42:27,178 --> 00:42:29,180
* OH, YEAH *
826
00:42:29,180 --> 00:42:30,649
* GET DOWN, BABY... *
827
00:42:33,551 --> 00:42:35,654
Steadman:
I THINK THE BIRTH
OF GONZO HAPPENED
828
00:42:35,654 --> 00:42:38,489
WHEN THE EVIL CAME OUT
OF ME IN THE DRAWINGS.
829
00:42:38,489 --> 00:42:41,627
Depp:
"UNLIKE MOST OF THE OTHERS
IN THE PRESS BOX,
830
00:42:41,627 --> 00:42:44,763
WE DIDN'T GIVE
A HOOT IN HELL WHAT WAS
HAPPENING ON THE TRACK.
831
00:42:44,763 --> 00:42:47,398
WE HAD COME TO WATCH
THE REAL BEASTS PERFORM.
832
00:42:47,398 --> 00:42:49,868
WHEN THE CROWD STOOD
TO FACE THE FLAG
833
00:42:49,868 --> 00:42:51,737
AND SING
'MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME,'
834
00:42:51,737 --> 00:42:54,405
STEADMAN FACED THE CROWD
AND SKETCHED FRANTICALLY.
835
00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:57,375
THOUSANDS OF RAVING,
STUMBLING DRUNKS
836
00:42:57,375 --> 00:43:00,612
GETTING ANGRIER
AND ANGRIER AS THEY LOSE
MORE AND MORE MONEY."
837
00:43:00,612 --> 00:43:04,415
Wolfe:
IN THAT STORY, YOU GET
ALL OF THE ATTITUDES
838
00:43:04,415 --> 00:43:07,719
TO THE DERBY,
AND YOU NEVER
GET TO THE DERBY.
839
00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:10,789
YOU'RE THERE TO--
HE SAID TO COME TO THE DERBY,
840
00:43:10,789 --> 00:43:12,858
AND YOU GET ALL
THE DRUNK SOUTHERNERS,
841
00:43:12,858 --> 00:43:14,860
YOU GET ALL
THE WEIRD SOCIALITES,
842
00:43:14,860 --> 00:43:17,062
THE WEIRD BOOKIES,
THE HANGERS-ON.
843
00:43:17,062 --> 00:43:19,530
Depp:
"IT WAS A FACE
I'D SEEN A THOUSAND TIMES
844
00:43:19,530 --> 00:43:21,166
AT EVERY DERBY
I'D BEEN TO.
845
00:43:21,166 --> 00:43:25,236
I SAW IT
IN MY HEAD AS THE MASK
OF THE WHISKEY GENTRY--
846
00:43:25,236 --> 00:43:29,641
THE INEVITABLE RESULT
OF TOO MUCH INBREEDING."
847
00:43:29,641 --> 00:43:31,877
Hunter:
FIRST, I'D REALIZED I WAS
DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
848
00:43:31,877 --> 00:43:34,145
A FRIEND OF MINE,
HE WROTE ME A NOTE SAYING
849
00:43:34,145 --> 00:43:36,547
"THAT DERBY PIECE
WAS PURE GONZO."
850
00:43:36,547 --> 00:43:37,916
AND I THOUGHT, "WELL,
IF THAT'S WHAT IT WAS..."
851
00:43:37,916 --> 00:43:39,885
I THOUGHT
IT WAS A BRUTAL FAILURE.
852
00:43:39,885 --> 00:43:42,553
I'D BOTCHED MY ASSIGNMENT,
YOU KNOW?
853
00:43:42,553 --> 00:43:44,389
IT WAS ONE
OF MY WORST FAILURES
854
00:43:44,389 --> 00:43:48,159
AND I GOT THIS ONSLAUGHT
OF MAIL-- MAIL, CALLS--
855
00:43:48,159 --> 00:43:50,628
SAYING I MADE
A GREAT BREAKTHROUGH
IN JOURNALISM.
856
00:43:50,628 --> 00:43:52,363
WELL, CHRIST,
IF I MADE IT--
857
00:43:52,363 --> 00:43:54,766
AS A BREAKTHROUGH,
WE'VE GOTTA CALL IT
SOMETHING.
858
00:43:54,766 --> 00:43:57,803
SO I LIKED THE WORD "GONZO,"
AND IT SEEMED TO ME
WHAT I WAS DOING--
859
00:43:57,803 --> 00:44:01,039
KIND OF NICE AND CRAZY,
LIKE ZEN. GONZO.
860
00:44:01,039 --> 00:44:03,341
* HOPE YOU GUESS
MY NAME... *
861
00:44:03,341 --> 00:44:06,344
- I'M EDWARD.
- Steadman: HE HAS
A BIRD CALLED EDWARD.
862
00:44:06,344 --> 00:44:08,313
HE'S SUCH
A MARVELOUS CHARACTER.
863
00:44:08,313 --> 00:44:12,350
I THINK HUNTER
TORMENTED IT, BUT IT WAS
KIND OF A TWO-WAY AFFECTION.
864
00:44:12,350 --> 00:44:15,420
HUNTER WOULD USE IT,
I THINK, TO BOUNCE OFF,
865
00:44:15,420 --> 00:44:17,422
TO BRING
INTO THE STORY
866
00:44:17,422 --> 00:44:19,490
HOW HE WAS
FEELING ABOUT IT,
WHO WAS THE BIRD.
867
00:44:19,490 --> 00:44:23,128
I SUPPOSE THAT
AT SOME POINT I, IN A WAY,
BECAME THE BIRD.
868
00:44:24,863 --> 00:44:27,766
SPEAK UP, EDWARD.
SPEAK UP! SPEAK UP!
TALK TO ME!
869
00:44:27,766 --> 00:44:30,969
HE BANGED THE CAGE--
BANG BANG BANG BANG!
870
00:44:30,969 --> 00:44:33,004
"EDWARD.
IT'S ME, EDWARD.
871
00:44:33,004 --> 00:44:34,806
I'M COMING
TO GET YOU, EDWARD."
872
00:44:34,806 --> 00:44:38,977
HE'D OPEN THE CAGE,
AND HE'D SAY, "EDWARD,
THERE IS NO BIRD GOD
873
00:44:38,977 --> 00:44:40,912
THAT'S GONNA HELP YOU
NOW, EDWARD."
874
00:44:40,912 --> 00:44:44,482
AND THIS BIRD'S GOING...
( mimics bird )
875
00:44:44,482 --> 00:44:45,984
( squawking )
876
00:44:45,984 --> 00:44:48,453
Steadman:
I FEEL LIKE EDWARD
SOMETIMES...
877
00:44:48,453 --> 00:44:49,955
NOW, WE'RE GOING
TO TALK, EDWARD.
878
00:44:49,955 --> 00:44:51,389
Steadman:
...HOLDING ME LIKE A BIRD,
879
00:44:51,389 --> 00:44:53,458
AND I'M TRYING TO BITE
MY WAY OUT OF IT.
880
00:44:54,592 --> 00:44:56,928
I NEVER FELT FEAR
881
00:44:56,928 --> 00:44:59,164
WHEN HE WAS
AT THE WHEEL.
882
00:44:59,164 --> 00:45:02,400
THERE'S NO HOLES
OVER HERE.
883
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:06,104
- OOH!
- THIS IS A BIG BOX.
884
00:45:06,104 --> 00:45:08,139
NO WONDER WHY I DON'T BUY
AMERICAN CARS. GOD DAMN IT.
885
00:45:08,139 --> 00:45:10,976
MOVE OVER,
I'M GONNA KILL SOMEBODY!
YOU'RE TOO SMALL!
886
00:45:10,976 --> 00:45:13,478
- I WANT TO KILL SOMEBODY
A LOT BIGGER THAN YOU!
- ( tires screeching )
887
00:45:13,478 --> 00:45:17,182
- WHAT'S THE SPEED LIMIT?
- 70. OH MY GOD, IT'S 75.
888
00:45:17,182 --> 00:45:19,985
HOLY SHIT.
NO WONDER HE'S GOING--
889
00:45:21,887 --> 00:45:23,688
Duke's voice:
WE WERE SOMEWHERE
AROUND BARSTOW,
890
00:45:23,688 --> 00:45:26,457
ON THE EDGE OF THE DESERT,
WHEN THE DRUGS BEGAN
TO TAKE HOLD.
891
00:45:26,457 --> 00:45:29,294
SUDDENLY, THERE WAS
A TERRIBLE ROAR
ALL AROUND US
892
00:45:29,294 --> 00:45:32,097
AND THE SKY WAS
FULL OF WHAT LOOKED
LIKE HUGE BATS,
893
00:45:32,097 --> 00:45:35,666
ALL SWOOPING
AND SCREECHING AND
DIVING AROUND THE CAR.
894
00:45:35,666 --> 00:45:38,669
AND A VOICE WAS SCREAMING,
"HOLY JESUS, WHAT ARE THESE
GODDAMN ANIMALS?!"
895
00:45:38,669 --> 00:45:40,005
( yelling softly )
896
00:45:41,139 --> 00:45:42,473
( screeches )
897
00:45:42,473 --> 00:45:45,243
DID YOU SAY
SOMETHING? HUH?
898
00:45:45,243 --> 00:45:47,112
NEVER MIND.
899
00:45:47,112 --> 00:45:49,314
- IT'S YOUR TURN TO DRIVE.
- * EVERYBODY'S DANCING... *
900
00:45:49,314 --> 00:45:51,149
Duke's voice:
"NO POINT IN MENTIONING
THESE BATS," I THOUGHT.
901
00:45:51,149 --> 00:45:53,184
"THE POOR BASTARD
WILL SEE THEM SOON ENOUGH."
902
00:45:53,184 --> 00:45:55,921
Wenner: "FEAR AND LOATHING
IN LAS VEGAS"-- IT STARTS
OFF LIKE A ROCKET.
903
00:45:55,921 --> 00:45:57,722
"WE WERE SOMEWHERE
ON THE EDGE OF BARSTOW
904
00:45:57,722 --> 00:45:59,590
WHEN THE DRUGS BEGAN
TO TAKE HOLD."
905
00:45:59,590 --> 00:46:02,493
WELL, THAT JUST GRABS YOU--
DAMN-- RIGHT THERE,
906
00:46:02,493 --> 00:46:05,430
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUNK
WHAT WAS IN THE TRUNK--
907
00:46:05,430 --> 00:46:07,232
ALL THE DRUGS,
THE SALT SHAKERS
908
00:46:07,232 --> 00:46:09,334
FULL OF MESCALINE, COCAINE--
ON AND ON AND ON.
909
00:46:09,334 --> 00:46:11,236
IT WAS MAD GENIUS STUFF.
910
00:46:11,236 --> 00:46:13,104
Duke's voice:
WE HAD TWO BAGS OF GRASS,
911
00:46:13,104 --> 00:46:15,373
75 PELLETS OF MESCALINE,
912
00:46:15,373 --> 00:46:18,009
FIVE SHEETS OF HIGH-POWERED
BLOTTER ACID,
913
00:46:18,009 --> 00:46:20,011
- A SALT SHAKER
HALF-FULL OF COCAINE...
- ( bat screeching )
914
00:46:20,011 --> 00:46:23,214
...A PINT OF RAW ETHER,
AND TWO DOZEN AMYLS.
915
00:46:23,214 --> 00:46:25,250
NOT THAT WE NEEDED
ALL THAT FOR THE TRIP,
916
00:46:25,250 --> 00:46:27,986
BUT ONCE YOU GET
LOCKED INTO A SERIOUS
DRUG COLLECTION,
917
00:46:27,986 --> 00:46:31,923
THE TENDENCY IS TO PUSH IT
AS FAR AS YOU CAN.
918
00:46:31,923 --> 00:46:34,092
* DON'T MATTER
WHERE YOU COME FROM... *
919
00:46:34,092 --> 00:46:35,927
Radio host:
A House subcommittee report
920
00:46:35,927 --> 00:46:40,331
says illegal drugs
killed 160 American
GIs last year,
921
00:46:40,331 --> 00:46:43,068
40 of them
in Vietnam. Drugs--
922
00:46:43,068 --> 00:46:46,604
- * One toke over
the line, sweet Jesus... *
- ONE TOKE, MAN!
923
00:46:46,604 --> 00:46:50,441
* ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE
924
00:46:50,441 --> 00:46:53,644
* SITTIN' DOWNTOWN
IN A RAILWAY STATION *
925
00:46:53,644 --> 00:46:56,014
* ONE TOKE
OVER THE LINE... *
926
00:46:56,014 --> 00:46:58,449
Wenner: THROUGH ALL
THIS TIME, HE'S TRAVELING
WITH OSCAR ACOSTA.
927
00:46:58,449 --> 00:47:01,352
THEY WENT THERE AND HAD
THIS DRUG RAMPAGE.
928
00:47:01,352 --> 00:47:03,654
- I FOUND SOME GOOD GRASS
FOR $12 A LID.
- Hunter: GOOD.
929
00:47:03,654 --> 00:47:06,791
- I JUST ORDERED TWO LIDS.
I'LL GET IT TOMORROW.
- GOD BLESS YOU.
930
00:47:06,791 --> 00:47:08,860
Wenner:
HUNTER'S RAOUL DUKE--
THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK--
931
00:47:08,860 --> 00:47:11,129
WE PUBLISHED WHATEVER WAS
PUBLISHED IN "ROLLING STONE."
932
00:47:11,129 --> 00:47:12,898
IT WAS PUBLISHED
AS "BY RAOUL DUKE."
933
00:47:12,898 --> 00:47:16,902
OSCAR TRANSMOGRIFIES
FROM OSCAR ZETA ACOSTA,
934
00:47:16,902 --> 00:47:19,470
CRUSADING CHICANO ATTORNEY,
INTO DR. GONZO.
935
00:47:19,470 --> 00:47:23,641
* I FELT THE JOY
AND I LEARNED ABOUT
THE PAIN *
936
00:47:23,641 --> 00:47:25,310
* THEN MY MAMA SAID... *
937
00:47:25,310 --> 00:47:27,312
Laila Nabulsi:
RAOUL DUKE AND DR. GONZO
938
00:47:27,312 --> 00:47:29,414
WERE HUNTER THOMPSON
AND OSCAR ACOSTA.
939
00:47:29,414 --> 00:47:31,416
HE JUST USED THAT
AS A COVER.
940
00:47:31,416 --> 00:47:33,351
YOU HAVE THESE
SORT OF ANTIHEROES.
941
00:47:33,351 --> 00:47:35,220
IT'S "BUTCH CASSIDY
AND THE SUNDANCE KID."
942
00:47:35,220 --> 00:47:37,088
IT'S JUST THE NEXT
VERSION IN A WAY.
943
00:47:37,088 --> 00:47:39,624
THEY'RE OUTLAWS.
THESE GUYS WERE FIGHTING
944
00:47:39,624 --> 00:47:41,592
AND THEY REALLY
WERE IN REAL LIFE.
945
00:47:41,592 --> 00:47:43,528
OSCAR ACOSTA WAS
USING THE LAW
946
00:47:43,528 --> 00:47:45,463
AND THE BROWN POWER MOVEMENT
947
00:47:45,463 --> 00:47:49,167
AND HUNTER WAS
FIGHTING WITH THE PEN
AND USING JOURNALISM.
948
00:47:49,167 --> 00:47:52,837
SO THEY REALLY WERE WARRIORS
OF THEIR GENERATION.
949
00:47:52,837 --> 00:47:56,474
* ...IN A RAILWAY STATION,
ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE *
950
00:47:56,474 --> 00:47:59,444
* ONE TOKE, ONE TOKE
OVER THE LINE. *
951
00:47:59,444 --> 00:48:01,212
Brinkley:
WHEN HUNTER WENT
TO LAS VEGAS,
952
00:48:01,212 --> 00:48:03,081
HE WAS ON AN ASSIGNMENT
FOR "SPORTS ILLUSTRATED"
953
00:48:03,081 --> 00:48:05,516
TO WRITE ABOUT
THIS MOTORCYCLE RACE.
954
00:48:05,516 --> 00:48:09,187
THEY ONLY WANTED
A VERY BRIEF, ALMOST LIKE
A LITTLE BOX ABOUT THE RACE.
955
00:48:09,187 --> 00:48:13,458
HE DELIVERED
THIS SCREED THAT WENT ON
FOR ABOUT 60 PAGES
956
00:48:13,458 --> 00:48:16,027
DETAILING THE DESERT
AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED.
957
00:48:16,027 --> 00:48:18,663
AND IT HAD IN IT
A LITTLE BIT OF THAT
958
00:48:18,663 --> 00:48:21,566
WILD, DRUGGY...
959
00:48:21,566 --> 00:48:24,602
FEEL THAT THE FINAL
"FEAR AND LOATHING
IN LAS VEGAS" HAD.
960
00:48:24,602 --> 00:48:28,439
Duke's voice:
IGNORE THIS TERRIBLE DRUG.
PRETEND IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
961
00:48:29,507 --> 00:48:33,711
UH... HI THERE!
( groans )
962
00:48:33,711 --> 00:48:35,713
MY NAME...
963
00:48:35,713 --> 00:48:37,949
UH...
964
00:48:37,949 --> 00:48:41,719
- RAOUL DUKE.
- YOUR SUITE ISN'T
READY YET, BUT...
965
00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:43,554
( hisses, voice distorts )
SOMEONE WAS LOOKING
FOR YOU.
966
00:48:43,554 --> 00:48:46,024
( yells )
NO! WE HAVEN'T DONE
ANYTHING YET. MOVE!
967
00:48:46,024 --> 00:48:47,525
I CAN HANDLE THIS.
968
00:48:47,525 --> 00:48:49,560
AT THAT POINT
THERE WAS STILL
969
00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:51,963
KIND OF THAT TIMOTHY LEARY
APPROACH TO PSYCHEDELICS
970
00:48:51,963 --> 00:48:53,898
GOING AROUND,
WHERE IT'S THIS
VERY PIOUS THING.
971
00:48:53,898 --> 00:48:57,402
YOU SAT ON A PERSIAN RUG
AND LISTENED TO INDIAN MUSIC.
972
00:48:58,536 --> 00:49:01,139
THERE HAD BEEN
VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY
973
00:49:01,139 --> 00:49:04,109
OF ACTUALLY DEALING
WITH THE FACT THAT WHEN
YOU'RE STONED ON PSYCHEDELICS,
974
00:49:04,109 --> 00:49:06,111
YOU'RE OFTEN JUST
WAY OUT OF CONTROL
975
00:49:06,111 --> 00:49:08,546
AND YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW YOU'RE GONNA
HANDLE THINGS.
976
00:49:08,546 --> 00:49:11,916
AND HUNTER MADE THAT
HIS REAL TOPIC.
977
00:49:11,916 --> 00:49:14,685
Depp:
"WHAT LEARY
TOOK DOWN WITH HIM
978
00:49:14,685 --> 00:49:16,887
WAS THE CENTRAL ILLUSION
OF A WHOLE LIFESTYLE
979
00:49:16,887 --> 00:49:18,556
THAT HE HELPED CREATE--
980
00:49:18,556 --> 00:49:21,159
A GENERATION
OF PERMANENT CRIPPLES,
981
00:49:21,159 --> 00:49:22,960
FAILED SEEKERS,
WHO NEVER UNDERSTOOD
982
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:26,497
THE ESSENTIAL
OLD-MYSTIC FALLACY
OF THE ACID CULTURE:
983
00:49:26,497 --> 00:49:29,467
THE DESPERATE
ASSUMPTION THAT SOMEBODY
OR AT LEAST SOME FORCE
984
00:49:29,467 --> 00:49:32,870
IS TENDING THE LIGHT
AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL."
985
00:49:34,905 --> 00:49:37,108
Woman: I DON'T
KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M
STARTING TO FEEL THAT DRINK.
986
00:49:37,108 --> 00:49:39,177
- PEANUTS, MAN.
- OH, GOD! OH, GOD.
987
00:49:39,177 --> 00:49:41,212
TWO CUBA LIBRES
WITH BEER AND MESCAL
ON THE SIDE.
988
00:49:43,748 --> 00:49:47,752
Duke's voice:
TERRIBLE THINGS WERE
HAPPENING ALL AROUND US.
989
00:49:47,752 --> 00:49:51,456
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
TO WALK IN THIS MUCK--
NO FOOTING AT ALL.
990
00:49:51,456 --> 00:49:55,360
Perry: AT LAST
THERE WAS A VOCABULARY FOR
TALKING ABOUT PSYCHEDELICS,
991
00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:57,995
AND IT WAS
ALSO AN EARLY CLUE
TO THE NEW DIRECTION--
992
00:49:57,995 --> 00:50:01,132
MORE AND MORE
CRAZINESS FROM HUNTER.
OF COURSE, HE WAS HIGH ANYWAY.
993
00:50:01,132 --> 00:50:03,101
I NEVER SAW
THE GUY WITHOUT
EITHER A CAN OF BUD
994
00:50:03,101 --> 00:50:05,103
OR A BOTTLE
OF WILD TURKEY
IN HIS HAND.
995
00:50:05,103 --> 00:50:06,771
HE DRANK A BOTTLE
OF BOURBON A DAY,
996
00:50:06,771 --> 00:50:09,907
AND THAT WAS ON TOP
OF ALL THE PILLS
HE WAS TAKING,
997
00:50:09,907 --> 00:50:13,511
SO HE WAS JUST
CONSTANTLY PUSHING
THE LIMIT OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
998
00:50:13,511 --> 00:50:16,314
( reptiles roaring )
999
00:50:16,314 --> 00:50:19,984
Duke's voice:
I WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF A FUCKING REPTILE ZOO
1000
00:50:19,984 --> 00:50:23,121
AND SOMEBODY WAS
GIVING BOOZE TO THESE
GODDAMN THINGS.
1001
00:50:23,121 --> 00:50:26,691
IT WON'T BE LONG NOW
BEFORE THEY TEAR US
TO SHREDS!
1002
00:50:26,691 --> 00:50:29,026
( roars )
1003
00:50:29,026 --> 00:50:30,528
( yells )
PLEASE!
1004
00:50:30,528 --> 00:50:32,563
TELL ME ABOUT
THE FUCKING GOLF SHOES!
1005
00:50:32,563 --> 00:50:34,899
All: HUH?
1006
00:50:34,899 --> 00:50:38,436
THE REJECTION
BY "SPORTS ILLUSTRATED"
INFURIATED HIM.
1007
00:50:38,436 --> 00:50:41,239
AND IT WAS ONLY
AT THAT POINT THAT
HE STARTED REALIZING,
1008
00:50:41,239 --> 00:50:43,241
LIKE, "EUREKA!
CHICAGO MAY NOT BE
1009
00:50:43,241 --> 00:50:45,243
WHERE THE DEATH
OF THE AMERICAN DREAM IS.
1010
00:50:45,243 --> 00:50:47,044
IT'S LAS VEGAS."
1011
00:50:47,044 --> 00:50:49,480
( Hunter vocalizes )
1012
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:53,451
* OOH YES! *
1013
00:50:53,451 --> 00:50:56,421
( vocalizes )
1014
00:50:56,421 --> 00:51:00,558
* OOH YES! *
1015
00:51:00,558 --> 00:51:03,594
* THESE LONG STRANGE NIGHTS *
1016
00:51:03,594 --> 00:51:06,931
* THESE LONG
STRANGE NIGHTS... *
1017
00:51:06,931 --> 00:51:09,800
Wenner:
HUNTER HAD RENTED A CADILLAC
AND WANTED ME TO PAY FOR IT.
1018
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:13,304
I SAID, "NO," YOU KNOW?
"I'M NOT PAYING FOR THE
RENT OF A CADILLAC."
1019
00:51:13,304 --> 00:51:16,474
AND HE WAS LIKE,
"WELL, I CAN'T COVER
THE GODDAMN AMERICAN DREAM
1020
00:51:16,474 --> 00:51:18,976
IN A VOLKSWAGEN.
WHAT THE FUCK IS
WRONG WITH YOU?"
1021
00:51:18,976 --> 00:51:21,045
AND UM...
1022
00:51:21,045 --> 00:51:23,047
YOU KNOW, OF COURSE
THAT'S QUITE TRUE.
1023
00:51:23,047 --> 00:51:25,850
( Steadman vocalizes )
1024
00:51:25,850 --> 00:51:28,486
* DRIVE YOUR STAKE *
1025
00:51:28,486 --> 00:51:31,589
* THROUGH
A DARKENED HEART *
1026
00:51:31,589 --> 00:51:36,894
* IN A RED
MERCEDES BENZ... *
1027
00:51:36,894 --> 00:51:38,963
Depp:
"BREAKDOWN
ON PARADISE BLVD."
1028
00:51:38,963 --> 00:51:40,465
"AT THIS POINT
IN THE CHRONOLOGY,
1029
00:51:40,465 --> 00:51:43,334
DR. DUKE APPEARS TO HAVE
BROKEN DOWN COMPLETELY.
1030
00:51:43,334 --> 00:51:45,770
THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT
IS SO SPLINTERED
1031
00:51:45,770 --> 00:51:48,739
THAT WE WERE FORCED
TO SEEK OUT THE ORIGINAL
TAPE RECORDING
1032
00:51:48,739 --> 00:51:52,109
AND TRANSCRIBE IT
VERBATIM."
1033
00:51:52,109 --> 00:51:55,546
Hunter:
TESTING-- ONE, TWO.
1034
00:51:55,546 --> 00:52:00,117
CLOSING.
OKAY, IT IS NOW 11:30 A.M.
1035
00:52:17,001 --> 00:52:19,537
Depp:
"THE TRANSCRIPTION
BEGINS SOMEWHERE
1036
00:52:19,537 --> 00:52:22,039
ON THE NORTHEAST OUTSKIRTS
OF LAS VEGAS--
1037
00:52:22,039 --> 00:52:25,376
ZOOMING ALONG PARADISE ROAD
IN THE WHITE WHALE."
1038
00:52:25,376 --> 00:52:27,312
( Hunter speaking )
1039
00:52:28,746 --> 00:52:30,681
( Acosta speaking )
1040
00:52:32,650 --> 00:52:34,585
( Hunter speaking )
1041
00:52:36,654 --> 00:52:38,589
( Acosta speaking )
1042
00:52:48,333 --> 00:52:50,167
( Hunter speaks )
1043
00:52:51,702 --> 00:52:53,571
- HELLO.
- MAY I HELP YOU?
1044
00:52:53,571 --> 00:52:56,006
- YEAH. YOU HAVE
TACOS HERE?
- MM-HMM.
1045
00:52:56,006 --> 00:52:57,975
BUT THEY'RE FIVE
FOR A DOLLAR?
1046
00:52:57,975 --> 00:52:59,544
I'LL TAKE
FIVE OF THEM.
1047
00:52:59,544 --> 00:53:02,179
DO YOU WANT
ANYTHING TO DRINK?
1048
00:53:02,179 --> 00:53:04,382
BEER. NO, I HAVE
BEER IN THE CAR--
1049
00:53:04,382 --> 00:53:07,452
TONS OF IT--
THE WHOLE BACK SEAT'S
LOADED WITH IT.
1050
00:53:07,452 --> 00:53:09,119
WE'RE LOOKING
FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM.
1051
00:53:09,119 --> 00:53:11,055
WE WERE TOLD THAT
IT WAS SOMEWHERE
IN THIS AREA, BUT--
1052
00:53:11,055 --> 00:53:13,258
- THE AMERICAN DREAM?
- YEAH, THE AMERICAN DREAM.
1053
00:53:13,258 --> 00:53:15,926
- I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING--
GO TO PARADISE.
- IS THAT IT?
1054
00:53:15,926 --> 00:53:18,062
WE'RE HERE LOOKING FOR
IT BECAUSE THEY SENT
US OUT HERE,
1055
00:53:18,062 --> 00:53:20,665
ALL THE WAY
FROM SAN FRANCISCO,
TO LOOK FOR IT.
1056
00:53:20,665 --> 00:53:23,234
THAT'S WHY THEY GAVE US
THAT WHITE CADILLAC.
1057
00:53:23,234 --> 00:53:25,703
THEY FIGURED THAT
WE COULD CATCH UP
WITH IT IN THAT.
1058
00:53:25,703 --> 00:53:29,106
HEY, LUKE,
DO YOU KNOW WHERE
THE AMERICAN DREAM IS?
1059
00:53:29,106 --> 00:53:31,276
Acosta:
SHE'S ASKING HIM.
1060
00:53:31,276 --> 00:53:33,878
- WHAT IS IT?
- THAT'S WHAT
WE DON'T KNOW.
1061
00:53:33,878 --> 00:53:36,614
WE WERE SENT OUT HERE
FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO LOOK
FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM.
1062
00:53:36,614 --> 00:53:38,115
NOW ARE YOU GUYS SERIOUS?!
BECAUSE--
1063
00:53:38,115 --> 00:53:41,218
Acosta:
NO, LOOK AT THE CAR.
I MEAN, DO I LOOK LIKE--
1064
00:53:41,218 --> 00:53:46,857
COULD THAT BE
THE OLD PSYCHIATRISTS' CLUB?
IT WAS A DISCOTHEQUE PLACE.
1065
00:53:46,857 --> 00:53:50,495
ALL WE WERE TOLD WAS,
"GO TILL YOU FIND
THE AMERICAN DREAM.
1066
00:53:50,495 --> 00:53:51,996
TAKE THIS WHITE CADILLAC
1067
00:53:51,996 --> 00:53:53,498
AND GO FIND
THE AMERICAN DREAM.
1068
00:53:53,498 --> 00:53:54,932
IT'S SOMEWHERE
IN THE LAS VEGAS AREA."
1069
00:53:54,932 --> 00:53:57,335
ARE YOU TAKING
PICTURES OF IT OR--
1070
00:53:57,335 --> 00:54:01,205
- NO NO NO, PICTURES, JUST--
- SOMEBODY JUST SENT YOU
ON A GOOSE CHASE.
1071
00:54:01,205 --> 00:54:03,341
IT'S SORT OF
A WILD GOOSE CHASE
MORE OR LESS, YEAH.
1072
00:54:03,341 --> 00:54:05,343
Woman:
IT HAS TO BE
THE OLD PSYCHIATRISTS'.
1073
00:54:05,343 --> 00:54:07,011
BUT THE ONLY PEOPLE
WHO HANG OUT THERE
1074
00:54:07,011 --> 00:54:09,079
IS A BUNCH
OF PUSHERS, PEDDLERS,
1075
00:54:09,079 --> 00:54:11,582
- UPPERS-AND-DOWNERS
AND ALL THAT STUFF.
- MAYBE THAT'S IT.
1076
00:54:11,582 --> 00:54:13,451
- DOPERS.
- COULD BE IT.
1077
00:54:13,451 --> 00:54:15,586
I THINK THIS PLACE,
THE WAY YOU'RE
DESCRIBING IT--
1078
00:54:15,586 --> 00:54:17,822
I THINK-- YOU KNOW,
MAYBE THAT'S IT.
1079
00:54:20,257 --> 00:54:23,761
( "Get Together"
playing )
1080
00:54:23,761 --> 00:54:26,697
Wenner:
HUNTER SAID, YOU KNOW,
VEGAS IS THE CITY
1081
00:54:26,697 --> 00:54:28,699
THAT WAS THE DEATH
OF WHAT HE THOUGHT
1082
00:54:28,699 --> 00:54:30,868
WAS THE AMERICAN DREAM.
IN THAT FAMOUS SCENE,
1083
00:54:30,868 --> 00:54:34,739
HE SEES THAT OPPORTUNITY
AND POSSIBILITY THAT WAS
REPRESENTED BY THE '60s.
1084
00:54:34,739 --> 00:54:37,207
"THE WAVE ROLLS BACK
1085
00:54:37,207 --> 00:54:39,076
AND," HE SAID, "ONCE FOR
A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT THERE,
1086
00:54:39,076 --> 00:54:42,480
- WE THOUGHT WE HAD IT."
- * IT FEELS THE WAY
WE DIE... *
1087
00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:45,616
Duke's voice:
SAN FRANCISCO
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE '60s
1088
00:54:45,616 --> 00:54:48,919
WAS A VERY SPECIAL TIME
AND PLACE TO BE A PART OF,
1089
00:54:48,919 --> 00:54:50,921
BUT NO EXPLANATION,
1090
00:54:50,921 --> 00:54:53,858
NO MIX OF WORDS
OR MUSIC OR MEMORIES
1091
00:54:53,858 --> 00:54:56,861
CAN TOUCH THAT SENSE
OF KNOWING THAT YOU
WERE THERE
1092
00:54:56,861 --> 00:54:59,864
AND ALIVE IN THAT CORNER
OF TIME IN THE WORLD,
1093
00:54:59,864 --> 00:55:02,733
WHATEVER IT MEANT.
1094
00:55:02,733 --> 00:55:06,437
* AND YOU MAY NOT
KNOW WHY... *
1095
00:55:08,473 --> 00:55:12,242
Duke's voice:
THERE WAS MADNESS IN
ANY DIRECTION, AT ANY HOUR.
1096
00:55:12,242 --> 00:55:15,646
YOU COULD STRIKE
SPARKS ANYWHERE.
1097
00:55:15,646 --> 00:55:17,648
THERE WAS A FANTASTIC
UNIVERSAL SENSE
1098
00:55:17,648 --> 00:55:19,984
THAT WHATEVER
WE WERE DOING WAS RIGHT,
1099
00:55:19,984 --> 00:55:21,752
THAT WE WERE WINNING.
1100
00:55:21,752 --> 00:55:24,088
AND THAT, I THINK,
WAS THE HANDLE...
1101
00:55:24,088 --> 00:55:28,726
I have seen...
the promised land.
1102
00:55:28,726 --> 00:55:30,961
Duke's voice:
...THAT SENSE OF
INEVITABLE VICTORY
1103
00:55:30,961 --> 00:55:33,263
OVER THE FORCES
OF OLD AND EVIL.
1104
00:55:33,263 --> 00:55:35,800
NOT IN ANY MEAN
OR MILITARY SENSE;
1105
00:55:35,800 --> 00:55:37,702
WE DIDN'T NEED THAT.
1106
00:55:37,702 --> 00:55:40,304
OUR ENERGY
WOULD SIMPLY PREVAIL.
1107
00:55:41,672 --> 00:55:43,874
WE HAD
ALL THE MOMENTUM.
1108
00:55:43,874 --> 00:55:48,112
WE WERE RIDING
THE CREST OF A HIGH
AND BEAUTIFUL WAVE.
1109
00:55:48,112 --> 00:55:50,347
I may not
get there with you,
1110
00:55:50,347 --> 00:55:53,117
but I want you
to know tonight
1111
00:55:53,117 --> 00:55:57,655
that we as a people will
get to the promised land!
1112
00:55:57,655 --> 00:56:02,159
Duke's voice:
SO NOW, LESS THAN
FIVE YEARS LATER,
1113
00:56:02,159 --> 00:56:04,361
YOU CAN GO UP
ON A STEEP HILL
1114
00:56:04,361 --> 00:56:06,063
IN LAS VEGAS
AND LOOK WEST
1115
00:56:06,063 --> 00:56:07,832
AND WITH
THE RIGHT KIND OF EYES
1116
00:56:07,832 --> 00:56:10,635
YOU CAN ALMOST SEE
THE HIGH-WATER MARK,
1117
00:56:10,635 --> 00:56:13,538
THAT PLACE WHERE
THE WAVE FINALLY BROKE...
1118
00:56:13,538 --> 00:56:16,707
- AND ROLLED BACK.
- ( gunshot )
1119
00:56:16,707 --> 00:56:19,209
Martin Luther King was shot
and was killed tonight.
1120
00:56:19,209 --> 00:56:21,646
- ( gunshot )
- ( women scream )
1121
00:56:25,616 --> 00:56:28,619
Nabulsi:
IT'S AMAZING TO THINK
THAT IN 1971
1122
00:56:28,619 --> 00:56:32,289
HE ALREADY SAW
THAT FINAL NAIL
IN THE COFFIN OF THE '60s,
1123
00:56:32,289 --> 00:56:34,358
WHICH IS
REALLY BITTERSWEET.
1124
00:56:34,358 --> 00:56:36,794
AND I THINK FOR HUNTER
IT WAS BITTERSWEET,
1125
00:56:36,794 --> 00:56:39,997
SO I THINK SPEECH
SORT OF ENCAPSULATES THAT.
1126
00:56:39,997 --> 00:56:43,267
I HAVEN'T READ ANYTHING ELSE
ON THAT GENERATION,
1127
00:56:43,267 --> 00:56:46,070
THAT SUBJECT
THAT MOVES ME AS MUCH.
1128
00:56:46,070 --> 00:56:48,205
I FELT IT WAS
SO IMPORTANT.
1129
00:56:48,205 --> 00:56:50,107
TO ME, IT WAS
THE DRIVING THING
1130
00:56:50,107 --> 00:56:52,242
THAT MADE ME
WANNA DO THE MOVIE.
1131
00:56:52,242 --> 00:56:54,044
WELL, I DON'T LIKE
THE IDEA OF IT--
1132
00:56:54,044 --> 00:56:56,781
THAT ISN'T ONE
OF THE BEST FUCKING THINGS
I'VE EVER WRITTEN--
1133
00:56:56,781 --> 00:56:59,216
TO TURN IT INTO SOME KIND OF
A STUPID CARTOON SHOW--
1134
00:56:59,216 --> 00:57:01,051
Woman:
IT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS
THAT ANYBODY'S EVER WRITTEN.
1135
00:57:01,051 --> 00:57:02,853
I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE
A VERY HIGH AFFECTION
1136
00:57:02,853 --> 00:57:04,789
FOR THAT ONE PIECE
AND SO DO OTHER PEOPLE.
1137
00:57:04,789 --> 00:57:07,057
Nabulsi:
BEFORE TERRY GILLIAM WAS
HIRED TO DIRECT THE FILM,
1138
00:57:07,057 --> 00:57:09,426
THERE WAS ANOTHER DIRECTOR,
BUT THINGS DIDN'T WORK OUT
1139
00:57:09,426 --> 00:57:12,229
WHEN HE WANTED TO PUT
THIS ANIMATED SEQUENCE
1140
00:57:12,229 --> 00:57:17,067
IN THE WAVE SPEECH
OF THIS LITTLE HUNTER
ON A WAVE OF BONES.
1141
00:57:17,067 --> 00:57:19,203
YOU CAN SEE
THAT I MIGHT BE
A LITTLE BIT EDGY
1142
00:57:19,203 --> 00:57:20,971
WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT PUTTING IT
IN A CARTOON FORM
1143
00:57:20,971 --> 00:57:22,773
WITH ME ON
SOME KIND OF TIDAL WAVE
1144
00:57:22,773 --> 00:57:25,576
ACROSS SOME IMAGINARY
MICKEY MOUSE DESERT.
1145
00:57:25,576 --> 00:57:28,345
Man:
YOU'VE BEEN PUT
IN A CARTOON FORM ALREADY.
1146
00:57:28,345 --> 00:57:30,948
THE PROBLEM IS
THAT YOU'VE PUBLISHED
A NOVEL WITH CARTOONS.
1147
00:57:30,948 --> 00:57:33,250
- I HIRED RALPH
TO DO SOME DRAWINGS.
- AND THEY'RE GREAT.
1148
00:57:33,250 --> 00:57:35,252
- No no no no.
- You're really
getting me angry.
1149
00:57:35,252 --> 00:57:36,954
Nabulsi:
I KNOW HUNTER
WELL ENOUGH
1150
00:57:36,954 --> 00:57:39,790
THAT EVEN IF HE WAS MAD,
I'M NOT TERRIFIED
1151
00:57:39,790 --> 00:57:41,391
AND I KNOW HOW
TO GET THROUGH IT,
1152
00:57:41,391 --> 00:57:43,594
BUT I WAS JUST
SORT OF SHOCKED
1153
00:57:43,594 --> 00:57:46,196
THAT IT HAD GONE
SO AWRY.
1154
00:57:46,196 --> 00:57:49,534
Hunter on TV:
Just don't fucking go
and make it a cartoon!
1155
00:57:49,534 --> 00:57:51,301
All right, we're having
a little problem here
1156
00:57:51,301 --> 00:57:54,171
with your goddamn
stupid fucking cartoons
in this thing.
1157
00:57:54,171 --> 00:57:55,506
If you think
you're in charge
of this movie,
1158
00:57:55,506 --> 00:57:56,841
we're gonna have
a real problem right now.
1159
00:57:56,841 --> 00:57:58,943
IF YOU WANT WAR--
HERE WE GO, BABY--
1160
00:57:58,943 --> 00:58:01,178
THERE'S GONNA BE
A NASTY FUCKING WAR.
1161
00:58:01,178 --> 00:58:05,249
YEAH, BUT I DON'T LIKE
YOU TURNING ON ME
AT THE END.
1162
00:58:05,249 --> 00:58:06,884
I MUST SAY
I DON'T LIKE
THAT AT ALL.
1163
00:58:06,884 --> 00:58:08,185
Hunter:
WHAT SHOULD I HAVE SAID?
1164
00:58:08,185 --> 00:58:10,154
"NO, I'VE KNOWN LAILA
FOR MANY YEARS...
1165
00:58:10,154 --> 00:58:13,357
- ( all laughing )
- ...AND SHE WOULD
NEVER SAY THAT."
1166
00:58:13,357 --> 00:58:17,828
- Man #2: FUCK.
- HE HAD A KIND OF
OVER-THE-TOP
1167
00:58:17,828 --> 00:58:20,497
DRAMATIC WAY OF BEING.
1168
00:58:20,497 --> 00:58:23,500
YEAH, I'LL TALK TO HUNTER NOW.
YEAH, OKAY.
1169
00:58:23,500 --> 00:58:25,502
HUNTER, HOW ARE YA?
1170
00:58:25,502 --> 00:58:28,005
Wenner:
HUNTER ALWAYS HAD
TO HAVE A RUNNING CRISIS.
1171
00:58:28,005 --> 00:58:29,607
GOING ON
OF SOME TYPE OF OTHER--
1172
00:58:29,607 --> 00:58:31,375
TO ANIMATE HIM,
TO GET HIM GOING.
1173
00:58:31,375 --> 00:58:34,444
WHAT DISEASE?
I MEAN, DO YOU-- IS IT
A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS THING?
1174
00:58:35,580 --> 00:58:37,582
BRAIN-- BRAIN DAMAGE.
1175
00:58:37,582 --> 00:58:39,416
I SEE.
1176
00:58:41,151 --> 00:58:42,720
Jimmy Buffet:
HUNTER DID EVERYTHING
FOR EFFECT.
1177
00:58:42,720 --> 00:58:45,522
HE WAS NOT EVER HAPPY,
I DON'T BELIEVE,
1178
00:58:45,522 --> 00:58:48,292
WHEN THINGS WERE
STABLE AND TRANQUIL.
1179
00:58:48,292 --> 00:58:51,161
Crouse:
HUNTER WAS
A FORCE OF NATURE.
1180
00:58:51,161 --> 00:58:53,363
HUNTER WOULD SIT
1181
00:58:53,363 --> 00:58:55,933
VERY STILL
AND VERY STRAIGHT
1182
00:58:55,933 --> 00:58:59,770
WITH HIS ARMS UP
LIKE THIS, WAITING.
1183
00:58:59,770 --> 00:59:03,808
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
HE WOULD GET A JOLT
AND HE WOULD TYPE.
1184
00:59:03,808 --> 00:59:05,610
HE ALSO HAD DEADLINES,
1185
00:59:05,610 --> 00:59:07,745
AND HUNTER NEVER MET
A DEADLINE.
1186
00:59:07,745 --> 00:59:10,047
HE WAS COMPLETELY
BEHIND DEADLINE.
1187
00:59:10,047 --> 00:59:13,150
HE HADN'T WRITTEN
A WORD AND JANN WAS
CALLING AND SCREAMING.
1188
00:59:13,150 --> 00:59:15,620
HUNTER WAS, AT THAT TIME,
CARRYING AROUND
THE MOJO WIRE...
1189
00:59:15,620 --> 00:59:17,688
Announcer:
Just insert the document--
1190
00:59:17,688 --> 00:59:22,993
...WHICH WAS
A SUITCASE-SIZED PORTABLE
TRANSMISSION MACHINE.
1191
00:59:22,993 --> 00:59:24,962
Announcer:
In just six minutes
or less,
1192
00:59:24,962 --> 00:59:27,197
an exact copy
of the document
1193
00:59:27,197 --> 00:59:29,333
can be received anywhere
in the country.
1194
00:59:29,333 --> 00:59:31,401
HE SAID, "I'VE GOTTA
DO THE STORY." I SAID,
"YOU HAVEN'T WRITTEN THE STORY."
1195
00:59:31,401 --> 00:59:33,638
"IT DOESN'T MATTER.
JUST-- WHEN I TELL YOU TO,
1196
00:59:33,638 --> 00:59:37,507
JUST TAKE THE PLUG
AND UNPLUG IT--
1197
00:59:37,507 --> 00:59:40,110
IN AND OUT--
ON THE MACHINE."
1198
00:59:40,110 --> 00:59:43,180
HE CALLED UP
"ROLLING STONE" OFFICES,
1199
00:59:43,180 --> 00:59:45,315
"WELL, IT DOESN'T SEEM
TO BE WORKING."
1200
00:59:45,315 --> 00:59:48,585
THE ENTIRE PLACE IS
SHUT DOWN
1201
00:59:48,585 --> 00:59:51,155
BECAUSE EVERYTHING
HAS BEEN DONE EXCEPT
THESE FOUR PAGES
1202
00:59:51,155 --> 00:59:54,458
- YOU'VE BEEN
HOLDING FOR HUNTER.
- I WAS USUALLY THE GUY,
1203
00:59:54,458 --> 00:59:55,760
AT 2:00 OR 3:00
IN THE MORNING,
1204
00:59:55,760 --> 00:59:58,428
WHO HAD TO BE THERE TO GET
THE FEED FROM HUNTER.
1205
00:59:58,428 --> 01:00:02,266
HE TOOK THE FAX MACHINE,
HELD THE PHONE LIKE THIS
AND DESTROYED IT.
1206
01:00:02,266 --> 01:00:04,034
AND THEN HE WENT
INTO THIS RAVE
1207
01:00:04,034 --> 01:00:05,836
ABOUT SOME EDITOR
ON THE OTHER END,
1208
01:00:05,836 --> 01:00:07,271
THEN HUNG THE PHONE UP
AND WENT TO THE BAR.
1209
01:00:09,006 --> 01:00:11,776
Perry:
JANN WAS GENERALLY SO HAPPY
WITH THE KIND OF STUFF
1210
01:00:11,776 --> 01:00:14,211
THAT HUNTER WAS TURNING IN
THAT IT DIDN'T MATTER.
1211
01:00:14,211 --> 01:00:16,380
IT WAS JUST MERELY
A DAMN INCONVENIENCE FOR US.
1212
01:00:16,380 --> 01:00:18,548
Young Wenner:
THE EDITOR'S NOTE SAYS
1213
01:00:18,548 --> 01:00:21,351
"AFTER LONG,
HEAVY AND OCCASIONALLY
BRUTAL NEGOTIATIONS,
1214
01:00:21,351 --> 01:00:22,820
DR. THOMPSON IS
BACK ON THE PAYROLL.
1215
01:00:22,820 --> 01:00:25,255
HIS GIBBERISH WILL
APPEAR REGULARLY
1216
01:00:25,255 --> 01:00:27,792
IN AN UNPREDICTABLE LENGTH
ON A WIDE VARIETY
OF SUBJECT MATTER.
1217
01:00:27,792 --> 01:00:30,460
WE HAVE TOTAL CONFIDENCE
IN HIM, FOR GOOD OR ILL."
1218
01:00:30,460 --> 01:00:33,798
Wenner:
AFTER "VEGAS,"
IT WAS CLEAR
1219
01:00:33,798 --> 01:00:37,067
WHAT AN ENORMOUS TALENT
HUNTER WAS,
1220
01:00:37,067 --> 01:00:39,069
AND, WITH THE ENERGY
AND THE REPORTING LEVEL,
1221
01:00:39,069 --> 01:00:42,840
HE WAS GOING TO BE
BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE
AT "ROLLING STONE."
1222
01:00:42,840 --> 01:00:44,608
WOULD YOU HAVE
ANY OTHER PLACE
TO PUBLISH YOUR STUFF
1223
01:00:44,608 --> 01:00:46,376
IF IT WASN'T
FOR "ROLLING STONE"?
1224
01:00:50,347 --> 01:00:52,750
Wenner:
SO IT WAS ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR WHAT WOULD BE NEXT.
1225
01:00:52,750 --> 01:00:54,184
WHAT WOULD BE
THE NEXT ASSIGNMENT?
1226
01:00:54,184 --> 01:00:55,820
WHAT'S THE BIGGEST THING
WE COULD THINK OF?
1227
01:00:55,820 --> 01:00:57,621
I CAME UP WITH THE IDEA
THAT HE SHOULD MOVE
TO WASHINGTON,
1228
01:00:57,621 --> 01:01:00,090
BECOME THE FULL-TIME
CORRESPONDENT
1229
01:01:00,090 --> 01:01:02,159
FOR THE McGOVERN CAMPAIGN.
1230
01:01:02,159 --> 01:01:04,594
TWO OF THE CLASSICAL WORKS
OF AMERICAN POLITICS
1231
01:01:04,594 --> 01:01:07,597
CAME OUT OF THAT CAMPAIGN
AND OUT OF THAT ASSIGNMENT
FOR "ROLLING STONE."
1232
01:01:07,597 --> 01:01:10,000
ONE IS "FEAR AND LOATHING:
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL"
BY HUNTER;
1233
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:13,370
AND "BOYS ON THE BUS"
BY TIM CROUSE,
1234
01:01:13,370 --> 01:01:14,905
WHO WAS ONE
OF OUR LITTLE JUNIOR STARS.
1235
01:01:14,905 --> 01:01:16,974
BUT HE WANTED TO BE UP THERE
AND COVER THE CAMPAIGN,
1236
01:01:16,974 --> 01:01:19,944
SO I SAID, "SURE.
GO RIGHT AHEAD. YOU CAN HELP
HUNTER WHILE YOU'RE AT IT."
1237
01:01:19,944 --> 01:01:21,979
PART OF THE REASON
I WAS THERE
1238
01:01:21,979 --> 01:01:24,749
WAS TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.
1239
01:01:24,749 --> 01:01:27,517
AND WHAT I FELT FROM HIM
1240
01:01:27,517 --> 01:01:30,620
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WAS
A SENSE OF PROTECTION.
1241
01:01:30,620 --> 01:01:34,624
AND WE BECAME
A VERY GOOD TEAM THAT WAY.
1242
01:01:34,624 --> 01:01:36,160
Young Wenner:
IF YOU WERE REALLY INTERESTED
IN WHAT WAS HAPPENING
1243
01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:37,995
ON THE McGOVERN CAMPAIGN,
THE ELECTION,
1244
01:01:37,995 --> 01:01:39,797
YOU WOULD'VE ALSO--
ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT
AS WIDELY KNOWN--
1245
01:01:39,797 --> 01:01:41,732
TURNED TO "ROLLING STONE"
TO FIND OUT REALLY
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
1246
01:01:41,732 --> 01:01:43,433
HUNTER'S COVERAGE
AND RECORD OF IT--
1247
01:01:43,433 --> 01:01:45,135
HIS COVERAGE WAS
JUST BRILLIANT.
1248
01:01:45,135 --> 01:01:47,071
( Wenner and Hunter
speaking )
1249
01:01:59,917 --> 01:02:03,120
Pat Caddell: WHEN HE
SHOWED UP AT THE CAMPAIGN,
NO ONE KNEW WHO HE WAS.
1250
01:02:03,120 --> 01:02:05,455
BUT I'M STILL IN COLLEGE,
SO I READ "ROLLING STONE,"
1251
01:02:05,455 --> 01:02:07,691
SO I KNEW WHO HE WAS.
NOBODY ELSE KNEW.
1252
01:02:07,691 --> 01:02:09,259
THAT WAS
HIS GREAT ADVANTAGE--
1253
01:02:09,259 --> 01:02:11,028
NOBODY WAS PAYING
ATTENTION TO HIM...
1254
01:02:11,028 --> 01:02:13,330
UNTIL HE STARTED PUBLISHING,
1255
01:02:13,330 --> 01:02:15,165
THEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE.
1256
01:02:15,165 --> 01:02:18,702
Depp:
"SO THIS IS MORE
OF A JANGLED CAMPAIGN DIARY
1257
01:02:18,702 --> 01:02:20,470
THAN A RECORD
OR REASONED ANALYSIS
1258
01:02:20,470 --> 01:02:22,472
OF THE '72
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
1259
01:02:22,472 --> 01:02:26,043
FROM DECEMBER '71
TO JANUARY '73
1260
01:02:26,043 --> 01:02:28,312
IN AIRPORT BARS,
ALL-NIGHT COFFEE SHOPS
1261
01:02:28,312 --> 01:02:29,914
AND DREARY HOTEL ROOMS
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
1262
01:02:29,914 --> 01:02:32,616
THERE IS HARDLY
A PARAGRAPH IN THIS SAGA
1263
01:02:32,616 --> 01:02:35,352
THAT WASN'T
PRODUCED IN A LAST-MINUTE
TEETH-GRINDING FRENZY.
1264
01:02:37,988 --> 01:02:40,090
EVERY DEADLINE WAS
A CRISIS
1265
01:02:40,090 --> 01:02:42,292
WHEN I WAS CRANKING IT
OUT OF THE TYPEWRITER
1266
01:02:42,292 --> 01:02:44,394
ONE PAGE AT A TIME
AND FEEDING IT
1267
01:02:44,394 --> 01:02:46,763
- INTO THE PLASTIC MAW
OF THAT GODDAMN MOJO WIRE...
- ( fax buzzing )
1268
01:02:46,763 --> 01:02:48,765
...TO SOME HASH-ADDLED FREAK
OF AN EDITOR
1269
01:02:48,765 --> 01:02:52,002
AT THE 'ROLLING STONE'
NEWS DESK IN SAN FRANCISCO."
1270
01:02:52,002 --> 01:02:55,840
THERE. CHEW ON THAT
GIBBERISH FOR A WHILE,
YOU HEARTLESS SCUM.
1271
01:02:58,142 --> 01:03:00,344
- ( buzzing )
- YOU PUSHED ME TOO FAR.
1272
01:03:02,412 --> 01:03:04,514
( buzzing frantically )
1273
01:03:04,514 --> 01:03:05,950
( buzzing stops )
1274
01:03:09,820 --> 01:03:11,956
( gunshot )
1275
01:03:11,956 --> 01:03:14,458
McGovern:
I COULDN'T READ THAT BOOK,
"FEAR AND LOATHING,"
1276
01:03:14,458 --> 01:03:17,461
WITHOUT BEING IN A PLACE
WHERE I COULD LAUGH OUT LOUD
1277
01:03:17,461 --> 01:03:19,763
FROM TIME TO TIME.
1278
01:03:19,763 --> 01:03:21,798
IT WAS A HILARIOUS BOOK.
1279
01:03:21,798 --> 01:03:24,268
I HAVE BEEN QUOTED MANY TIMES
AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN--
1280
01:03:24,268 --> 01:03:28,805
IT WAS THE MOST ACCURATE
AND LEAST FACTUAL ACCOUNT
OF THAT CAMPAIGN.
1281
01:03:28,805 --> 01:03:30,841
( all laugh )
1282
01:03:30,841 --> 01:03:32,509
McGovern:
I'LL SAY ONE OTHER THING:
1283
01:03:32,509 --> 01:03:35,479
THAT BOOK WAS WRITTEN
FOR "ROLLING STONE"
1284
01:03:35,479 --> 01:03:38,648
AS THE CAMPAIGN PROGRESSED.
1285
01:03:38,648 --> 01:03:41,685
IT WASN'T SOMETHING WRITTEN
FROM THE HINDSIGHT
1286
01:03:41,685 --> 01:03:44,821
OF THE CAMPAIGN.
THOSE CHAPTERS ROLLED OFF
1287
01:03:44,821 --> 01:03:49,393
OF HIS TYPEWRITER
AS THE CAMPAIGN MOVED ALONG.
1288
01:03:52,863 --> 01:03:54,531
Perry:
IT WAS A JOURNALISTIC RISK.
1289
01:03:54,531 --> 01:03:57,367
HE HAD COVERED
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS BEFORE
1290
01:03:57,367 --> 01:03:59,636
HE WAS JUST SICK
OF THE CONVENTIONS,
1291
01:03:59,636 --> 01:04:02,006
SITTING AROUND
AND REPORTING THE SPEECHES.
1292
01:04:02,006 --> 01:04:06,043
AND THE SPEECHES WERE
ALL WRITTEN FOR REPORTERS
TO WRITE ABOUT.
1293
01:04:06,043 --> 01:04:08,078
Depp:
"AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED,
1294
01:04:08,078 --> 01:04:10,414
THERE WAS NO SUCH THING
AS 'OFF THE RECORD.'
1295
01:04:10,414 --> 01:04:12,582
UNLIKE MOST
OTHER CORRESPONDENTS
1296
01:04:12,582 --> 01:04:14,418
I COULD AFFORD TO BURN
ALL MY BRIDGES BEHIND ME,
1297
01:04:14,418 --> 01:04:16,220
'CAUSE I WAS ONLY THERE
FOR A YEAR.
1298
01:04:16,220 --> 01:04:18,455
AND THE LAST THING
I CARED ABOUT
1299
01:04:18,455 --> 01:04:21,992
WAS ESTABLISHING
LONG-TERM CONNECTIONS
ON CAPITOL HILL."
1300
01:04:21,992 --> 01:04:24,194
HE WANTED
TO STIR THINGS UP.
1301
01:04:24,194 --> 01:04:26,630
Buchanan:
THERE WAS NO ONE
QUITE LIKE HUNTER.
1302
01:04:26,630 --> 01:04:29,299
HE WAS ON THE EDGE
AND BEYOND THE EDGE,
1303
01:04:29,299 --> 01:04:30,935
AND IT WAS VERY FUNNY.
1304
01:04:30,935 --> 01:04:33,971
I REMEMBER HE WROTE
THAT HUBERT HUMPHREY,
1305
01:04:33,971 --> 01:04:35,839
THE GREAT FATHER
OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT--
1306
01:04:35,839 --> 01:04:40,144
HE SAID, "THEY OUGHT TO STUFF
HUBERT IN A GODDAMN BOTTLE
1307
01:04:40,144 --> 01:04:42,046
AND SEND HIM OUT
WITH THE JAPANESE CURRENT."
1308
01:04:42,046 --> 01:04:45,082
Depp:
"THERE IS NO WAY TO GRASP
WHAT A SHALLOW, CONTEMPTIBLE
1309
01:04:45,082 --> 01:04:48,652
AND HOPELESSLY
DISHONEST OLD HACK
HUBERT HUMPHREY REALLY IS
1310
01:04:48,652 --> 01:04:51,588
UNTIL YOU'VE FOLLOWED
HIM AROUND FOR A WHILE
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
1311
01:04:51,588 --> 01:04:54,524
HUBERT HUMPHREY IS
A TREACHEROUS,
1312
01:04:54,524 --> 01:04:56,726
GUTLESS OLD WARD-HEELER."
1313
01:04:56,726 --> 01:04:59,796
Buchanan:
HE HAD A VIEW OF THE
RIDICULOUSNESS OF IT ALL...
1314
01:04:59,796 --> 01:05:01,565
THANK YOU.
SHALOM SHALOM.
1315
01:05:01,565 --> 01:05:04,134
...AND HUNTER DID
SOME OF HIS BEST WORK
ON THE LIBERALS.
1316
01:05:04,134 --> 01:05:08,272
McGovern:
HE WAS PARTICULARLY
HOSTILE TO HUBERT,
1317
01:05:08,272 --> 01:05:10,640
BUT HE CERTAINLY
LOATHED RICHARD NIXON.
1318
01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:14,644
Depp:
"OUR BARBIE DOLL PRESIDENT
WITH HIS BARBIE DOLL WIFE
1319
01:05:14,644 --> 01:05:16,613
AND HIS BOXFUL
OF BARBIE DOLL CHILDREN
1320
01:05:16,613 --> 01:05:20,584
IS ALSO AMERICA'S ANSWER
TO THE MONSTROUS MR. HYDE.
1321
01:05:20,584 --> 01:05:23,187
HE SPEAKS
TO THE WEREWOLF IN US
1322
01:05:23,187 --> 01:05:26,456
ON NIGHTS WHEN THE MOON
COMES TOO CLOSE."
1323
01:05:26,456 --> 01:05:29,793
NIXON REPRESENTS
EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG
WITH THIS COUNTRY...
1324
01:05:29,793 --> 01:05:31,962
DOWN THE LINE.
1325
01:05:33,763 --> 01:05:35,799
Buchanan:
WELL, HE FIRST CAME
INTO OUR CONSCIOUSNESS
1326
01:05:35,799 --> 01:05:39,269
IN THE BEGINNING OF 1968.
HE WAS WRITING FOR
"PAGEANT" MAGAZINE.
1327
01:05:39,269 --> 01:05:42,139
HE CAME UP TO COVER US.
I WAS WITH NIXON IN THE
NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY
1328
01:05:42,139 --> 01:05:46,643
AND HUNTER WOULD
IMPORTUNE ME TO GET
SOME TIME WITH THE CANDIDATE.
1329
01:05:46,643 --> 01:05:50,580
SO WE GOT HUNTER--
AS I RECALL IT--
1330
01:05:50,580 --> 01:05:52,116
WE PUT HIM
IN THE CAR WITH NIXON
1331
01:05:52,116 --> 01:05:53,750
IN THE BACKSEAT
OF THE LIMO
1332
01:05:53,750 --> 01:05:56,186
WHEN NIXON WAS GOING
TO MANCHESTER AIRPORT.
1333
01:05:56,186 --> 01:06:00,457
Man: WASN'T IT IN 1968
YOU TRIED TO INTERVIEW NIXON?
1334
01:06:00,457 --> 01:06:01,925
Hunter:
NO, I DID IT. I HAD
A WONDERFUL TALK WITH HIM.
1335
01:06:01,925 --> 01:06:03,493
WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT?
1336
01:06:03,493 --> 01:06:05,996
FOOTBALL. I WAS
THE ONLY PERSON
IN THE PRESS CORPS
1337
01:06:05,996 --> 01:06:07,264
WHO COULD TALK
ABOUT FOOTBALL.
1338
01:06:07,264 --> 01:06:08,932
IS THIS A NEED THAT
OCCURS TO HIM DURING--
1339
01:06:08,932 --> 01:06:10,800
OH, YEAH.
HE'S A COMPLETE
FOOTBALL FREAK.
1340
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:14,071
AND I SAID, "NO,
OF COURSE. I'M A FREAK.
I KNOW ALL ABOUT IT."
1341
01:06:14,071 --> 01:06:16,073
HE SAID, "BUT YOU--
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO WANTS
1342
01:06:16,073 --> 01:06:18,875
TO TALK ABOUT VIETNAM
AND THAT KIND OF THING."
1343
01:06:18,875 --> 01:06:21,178
I SAID, "NO, I'LL TALK
ABOUT FOOTBALL.
DON'T WORRY."
1344
01:06:21,178 --> 01:06:23,180
HE SAID,
"OKAY, IF YOU PROMISE,
THEN YOU CAN RIDE
1345
01:06:23,180 --> 01:06:25,049
IN THE CAR WITH HIM
BACK TO THE AIRPORT."
1346
01:06:25,049 --> 01:06:26,416
IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR
AND A HALF RIDE,
1347
01:06:26,416 --> 01:06:28,052
JUST ME A NIXON
IN THE BACKSEAT.
1348
01:06:28,052 --> 01:06:29,919
WAS HE
AN AMIABLE FELLOW?
1349
01:06:29,919 --> 01:06:32,689
OH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.
IT WAS KIND OF PLEASANT.
IT WAS WEIRD.
1350
01:06:32,689 --> 01:06:36,993
( chanting )
FOUR MORE YEARS,
FOUR MORE YEARS...
1351
01:06:38,462 --> 01:06:43,333
TONIGHT I AGAIN
PROUDLY ACCEPT
THAT NOMINATION
1352
01:06:43,333 --> 01:06:45,635
- FOR PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
- ( crowd cheering )
1353
01:06:49,706 --> 01:06:53,943
Hunter:
RICHARD NIXON REPRESENTS
EVERYTHING THAT I...
1354
01:06:53,943 --> 01:06:56,580
NOT ONLY HAVE CONTEMPT FOR
BUT DISLIKE AND THINK
SHOULD BE STOMPED OUT.
1355
01:06:56,580 --> 01:06:59,849
Depp:
"HE WAS A CHEAP CROOK
AND A MERCILESS WAR CRIMINAL
1356
01:06:59,849 --> 01:07:02,986
WHO BOMBED MORE PEOPLE
TO DEATH IN LAOS AND CAMBODIA
1357
01:07:02,986 --> 01:07:05,989
THAN THE U.S. ARMY LOST
IN ALL OF WORLD WAR II.
1358
01:07:05,989 --> 01:07:09,059
WHEN STUDENTS
AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
1359
01:07:09,059 --> 01:07:10,894
IN OHIO PROTESTED
THE BOMBING,
1360
01:07:10,894 --> 01:07:13,430
HE CONNIVED TO HAVE THEM
ATTACKED AND SLAIN
1361
01:07:13,430 --> 01:07:17,301
- BY TROOPS FROM
THE NATIONAL GUARD."
- ( gunfire )
1362
01:07:17,301 --> 01:07:20,404
"SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY
THAT WORDS LIKE 'SCUM'
AND 'ROTTEN'
1363
01:07:20,404 --> 01:07:22,672
ARE WRONG
FOR OBJECTIVE JOURNALISM,
1364
01:07:22,672 --> 01:07:25,209
WHICH IS TRUE.
BUT THEY MISS THE POINT.
1365
01:07:25,209 --> 01:07:27,043
IT WAS
THE BUILT-IN BLIND SPOTS
1366
01:07:27,043 --> 01:07:28,812
OF THE OBJECTIVE
RULES AND DOGMA
1367
01:07:28,812 --> 01:07:30,514
THAT ALLOWED
NIXON TO SLITHER
1368
01:07:30,514 --> 01:07:32,416
INTO THE WHITE HOUSE
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
1369
01:07:32,416 --> 01:07:34,484
HE SEEMED
SO ALL-AMERICAN."
1370
01:07:34,484 --> 01:07:41,158
* AND THE SKIES ARE
NOT CLOUDY ALL DAY. *
1371
01:07:43,127 --> 01:07:45,295
Depp:
"YOU HAD TO GET SUBJECTIVE
TO SEE NIXON CLEARLY.
1372
01:07:45,295 --> 01:07:48,332
HE WAS SO CROOKED
THAT HE NEEDED SERVANTS
1373
01:07:48,332 --> 01:07:51,801
TO HELP HIM SCREW
ON HIS PANTS EVERY MORNING."
1374
01:07:51,801 --> 01:07:55,272
I AM FILLING WITH
HATE AND RAGE RIGHT NOW
JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.
1375
01:07:59,909 --> 01:08:02,846
Gary Hart:
I HAD NEVER TRIED
TO PSYCHOANALYZE HUNTER
1376
01:08:02,846 --> 01:08:04,281
IN MOOD SWINGS
AND SO ON,
1377
01:08:04,281 --> 01:08:07,351
BUT I THINK
IN HIS BAD MOMENTS
OR WORSE MOMENTS
1378
01:08:07,351 --> 01:08:09,586
HE THOUGHT IT WAS
ALL FEAR AND LOATHING.
1379
01:08:09,586 --> 01:08:12,522
Crouse:
"FEAR AND LOATHING
IN LAS VEGAS"
1380
01:08:12,522 --> 01:08:15,759
IS OSTENSIBLY
ABOUT A MAN IN SEARCH
1381
01:08:15,759 --> 01:08:17,594
OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.
1382
01:08:17,594 --> 01:08:20,330
AND "FEAR AND LOATHING:
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL"
1383
01:08:20,330 --> 01:08:24,534
IS ABOUT A MAN IN SEARCH
OF AN HONEST POLITICIAN.
1384
01:08:24,534 --> 01:08:28,505
AND THE ONLY ONE IN SIGHT
WHO EVEN VAGUELY QUALIFIED
1385
01:08:28,505 --> 01:08:31,975
- WAS GEORGE McGOVERN.
- WHEN YOU SUPPORT
GEORGE McGOVERN--
1386
01:08:31,975 --> 01:08:34,911
AT THE POSITION
I AM IN THE POLLS,
1387
01:08:34,911 --> 01:08:37,013
THAT'S AN ACT OF COURAGE.
1388
01:08:37,013 --> 01:08:39,749
Depp:
"GEORGE McGOVERN--
THE ONLY CANDIDATE
1389
01:08:39,749 --> 01:08:41,451
IN EITHER PARTY
WORTH VOTING FOR
1390
01:08:41,451 --> 01:08:43,052
IS HUNG
IN A FRUSTRATED LIMBO
1391
01:08:43,052 --> 01:08:44,788
CREATED MAINLY
BY THE GROSS CYNICISM
1392
01:08:44,788 --> 01:08:46,290
OF THE WASHINGTON
PRESS CORPS.
1393
01:08:46,290 --> 01:08:49,226
'HE'D BE A FINE PRESIDENT,'
THEY SAY,
1394
01:08:49,226 --> 01:08:51,328
'BUT OF COURSE
HE CAN'T POSSIBLY WIN.'
1395
01:08:51,328 --> 01:08:53,963
- WHY NOT?"
- I JUST WANTED
TO SAY HELLO.
1396
01:08:53,963 --> 01:08:56,300
I'M SENATOR McGOVERN, FOLKS.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
1397
01:08:56,300 --> 01:08:59,135
YES, YOU TOO.
1398
01:08:59,135 --> 01:09:01,771
YOU FELLAS KNOW
I'M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?
1399
01:09:01,771 --> 01:09:03,607
I HOPE YOU'LL HELP ME OUT.
1400
01:09:03,607 --> 01:09:06,643
( crowd cheering )
1401
01:09:08,278 --> 01:09:10,747
Crouse:
McGOVERN'S PROGRAM WAS
1402
01:09:10,747 --> 01:09:13,417
IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL
FROM VIETNAM...
1403
01:09:16,253 --> 01:09:18,288
McGovern:
EVEN IF WE STAYED THERE
1404
01:09:18,288 --> 01:09:20,890
AND BOMBED
FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS
1405
01:09:20,890 --> 01:09:23,760
AND AMERICANS
CONTINUE TO DIE,
FIVE YEARS FROM NOW
1406
01:09:23,760 --> 01:09:25,629
WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT
WHERE WE ARE NOW.
1407
01:09:25,629 --> 01:09:27,931
SO LET'S RECOGNIZE
THAT WE MADE A MISTAKE.
1408
01:09:27,931 --> 01:09:29,999
LET'S BRING
THIS WAR TO AN END.
1409
01:09:29,999 --> 01:09:33,603
...AMNESTY FOR DRAFT DODGERS
AND DESERTERS,
1410
01:09:33,603 --> 01:09:35,239
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
1411
01:09:35,239 --> 01:09:40,510
AND-- AND A CUT
IN THE DEFENSE BUDGET.
1412
01:09:40,510 --> 01:09:42,912
WELL, GOOD LUCK.
1413
01:09:48,051 --> 01:09:52,422
McGovern:
THE TRANSCENDENT ISSUE
OF '72 WAS VIETNAM,
1414
01:09:52,422 --> 01:09:55,325
AND I DESPERATELY WANTED
TO WIN THAT ELECTION
1415
01:09:55,325 --> 01:09:58,562
TO PUT AN END
TO THAT SENSELESS WAR.
1416
01:09:58,562 --> 01:10:03,099
I'M SICK AND TIRED
OF OLD MEN SITTING AROUND
1417
01:10:03,099 --> 01:10:05,835
IN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOMS
HERE IN WASHINGTON
1418
01:10:05,835 --> 01:10:10,540
DREAMING UP WARS
FOR YOUNG MEN TO DIE IN.
1419
01:10:10,540 --> 01:10:13,443
McGovern:
IT IS A TIDE
THAT WOULD SWEEP AWAY
1420
01:10:13,443 --> 01:10:15,445
THE BARBARISM OF WAR
1421
01:10:15,445 --> 01:10:18,615
AND END THE FOLLY
OF VIETNAM ONCE AND FOR ALL.
1422
01:10:18,615 --> 01:10:20,083
( cheering )
1423
01:10:20,083 --> 01:10:22,085
Depp:
"McGOVERN IS
THE ONLY MAJOR CANDIDATE
1424
01:10:22,085 --> 01:10:24,187
WHO LINES OUT
THE PAINFUL TRUTH,
1425
01:10:24,187 --> 01:10:26,390
AND HIS REWARD HAS BEEN
JUST ABOUT THE SAME
1426
01:10:26,390 --> 01:10:29,626
AS THAT OF ANY OTHER
POLITICIAN WHO INSISTS
ON TELLING THE TRUTH:
1427
01:10:29,626 --> 01:10:31,928
HE IS MOCKED, VILIFIED,
1428
01:10:31,928 --> 01:10:35,332
IGNORED AND ABANDONED
AS A HOPELESS LOSER."
1429
01:10:35,332 --> 01:10:37,734
THE PRESIDENT
IS ATTACKING...
1430
01:10:37,734 --> 01:10:40,437
Hart:
HUNTER NEVER TRUSTED
ANYBODY WHO WAS ELECTED.
1431
01:10:42,506 --> 01:10:44,441
THAT WAS THE IRONY,
1432
01:10:44,441 --> 01:10:49,045
BECAUSE TO BE ESTIMABLE
IN HIS JUDGMENT
1433
01:10:49,045 --> 01:10:51,548
YOU HAD TO BE
A LOSER, IN EFFECT.
1434
01:10:51,548 --> 01:10:53,149
A NOBLE LOSER.
1435
01:10:56,486 --> 01:10:58,622
Brinkley:
WHAT WAS BOLD
ABOUT HUNTER WITH McGOVERN
1436
01:10:58,622 --> 01:11:00,390
IS HE WASN'T
BEING OBJECTIVE.
1437
01:11:00,390 --> 01:11:02,926
HE WAS SAYING
"THIS IS THE GUY I WANT
TO SEE AS PRESIDENT.
1438
01:11:02,926 --> 01:11:04,528
I'M GONNA TRY TO HELP
MAKE HIM PRESIDENT."
1439
01:11:04,528 --> 01:11:07,864
- ( woman screaming )
- ( gun fires )
1440
01:11:07,864 --> 01:11:11,935
McGovern:
LEAVING OUT GEORGE WALLACE,
WHO WAS SHOT,
1441
01:11:11,935 --> 01:11:15,104
THE TWO STRONGEST
DEMOCRATIC CONTENDERS
1442
01:11:15,104 --> 01:11:16,906
WERE MUSKIE AND HUMPHREY.
1443
01:11:16,906 --> 01:11:19,609
THEREFORE,
HUNTER SAW THEM
1444
01:11:19,609 --> 01:11:22,479
AS A THREAT
TO BE UNMASKED,
1445
01:11:22,479 --> 01:11:27,083
BECAUSE BY THEN I THINK
HE WAS PRETTY STRONGLY
COMMITTED TO ME.
1446
01:11:28,885 --> 01:11:33,256
Crouse:
HUNTER'S PIECES WERE
A VERY PARTICULAR HYBRID
1447
01:11:33,256 --> 01:11:36,125
OF VERY CLEAR-MINDED,
1448
01:11:36,125 --> 01:11:38,462
ACCURATE
STRAIGHT REPORTAGE
1449
01:11:38,462 --> 01:11:42,198
AND THEN SOMETIMES
FLAT-OUT FANTASY.
1450
01:11:42,198 --> 01:11:44,468
IT WAS ALL RUN TOGETHER,
1451
01:11:44,468 --> 01:11:48,204
AND SOME PEOPLE
FOUND IT HARD
1452
01:11:48,204 --> 01:11:51,541
TO TELL THE FANTASY
FROM THE OTHER STUFF.
1453
01:11:51,541 --> 01:11:53,943
IT OCCURRED TO ME
ABOUT HALFWAY DURING
THE CAMPAIGN
1454
01:11:53,943 --> 01:11:56,846
THAT PEOPLE
ACTUALLY BELIEVED
1455
01:11:56,846 --> 01:11:59,148
A LOT OF THE THINGS
I WAS WRITING ABOUT--
1456
01:11:59,148 --> 01:12:01,885
MUSKIE EATING
THIS STRANGE BRAZILIAN DRUG.
1457
01:12:01,885 --> 01:12:04,654
HUNTER HAD IT IN FOR MUSKIE
1458
01:12:04,654 --> 01:12:06,590
LIKE YOU COULDN'T BELIEVE.
1459
01:12:06,590 --> 01:12:09,626
HUNTER JUST COULD NOT
LAY OFF OF MUSKIE.
1460
01:12:09,626 --> 01:12:12,862
WHAT DID YOU DO
TO ED MUSKIE?
1461
01:12:12,862 --> 01:12:15,932
NOTHING.
ED MUSKIE DID IT
TO HIMSELF.
1462
01:12:15,932 --> 01:12:17,601
I JUST HELPED HIM ALONG.
1463
01:12:20,804 --> 01:12:23,473
Depp:
"NOT MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN
ABOUT THE IBOGAINE EFFECT
1464
01:12:23,473 --> 01:12:26,410
AS A SERIOUS FACTOR
IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN,
1465
01:12:26,410 --> 01:12:28,912
BUT TOWARD THE END
OF THE WISCONSIN PRIMARY RACE,
1466
01:12:28,912 --> 01:12:30,914
ABOUT A WEEK
BEFORE THE VOTE,
1467
01:12:30,914 --> 01:12:34,017
WORD LEAKED OUT THAT SOME
OF MUSKIE'S TOP ADVISORS
1468
01:12:34,017 --> 01:12:35,452
HAD CALLED IN
A BRAZILIAN DOCTOR
1469
01:12:35,452 --> 01:12:36,986
WHO WAS SAID TO BE
TREATING THE CANDIDATE
1470
01:12:36,986 --> 01:12:39,022
WITH 'SOME KIND OF
STRANGE DRUG.'"
1471
01:12:44,193 --> 01:12:46,262
WHAT WAS THE DRUG
THAT YOU SAID HE WAS ON?
1472
01:12:46,262 --> 01:12:48,798
- IBOGAINE.
- IBOGAINE.
1473
01:12:48,798 --> 01:12:51,835
Perry:
FIRST WE SAW HIS WORK,
THEN WE HAD TO LOOK IT UP
1474
01:12:51,835 --> 01:12:53,302
AND THEN
WE STARTED WONDERING
1475
01:12:53,302 --> 01:12:55,071
WHETHER SOMEBODY
COULD SUE US ABOUT THIS.
1476
01:12:55,071 --> 01:12:57,574
THEN WE REALIZED
HOW SILLY THAT WOULD BE,
1477
01:12:57,574 --> 01:12:59,375
SO WE WENT AHEAD WITH IT.
1478
01:12:59,375 --> 01:13:01,511
Caddell:
"ROLLING STONE" REPORTS
1479
01:13:01,511 --> 01:13:03,913
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE EDMUND MUSKIE
1480
01:13:03,913 --> 01:13:06,750
IS IN FACT ADDICTED.
IT ENDED UP ON THE WIRES
AS A STRAIGHT STORY.
1481
01:13:06,750 --> 01:13:08,685
IT CAUSED
A MAJOR SENSATION.
1482
01:13:08,685 --> 01:13:11,287
IT WAS JUST THIS MAGICAL
LYRICAL MOMENT OF HUNTER'S.
1483
01:13:11,287 --> 01:13:13,389
Depp:
"IT HAD BEEN COMMON KNOWLEDGE
FOR MANY WEEKS
1484
01:13:13,389 --> 01:13:17,060
THAT HUMPHREY WAS
USING AN EXOTIC BRAND
OF SPEED KNOWN AS 'WALLOT.'
1485
01:13:17,060 --> 01:13:18,428
AND IT HAD
LONG BEEN WHISPERED
1486
01:13:18,428 --> 01:13:20,597
THAT MUSKIE WAS
INTO SOMETHING VERY HEAVY,
1487
01:13:20,597 --> 01:13:23,733
BUT IT WAS HARD TO TAKE
THE TALK SERIOUSLY UNTIL
I HEARD ABOUT THE APPEARANCE
1488
01:13:23,733 --> 01:13:26,803
OF A MYSTERIOUS
BRAZILIAN DOCTOR.
THAT WAS THE KEY."
1489
01:13:28,037 --> 01:13:29,973
( all speaking
Portuguese )
1490
01:13:47,791 --> 01:13:51,861
BY ATTACKING ME,
HE'S PROVED HIMSELF
TO BE A GUTLESS COWARD.
1491
01:13:51,861 --> 01:13:54,230
Depp:
"I IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED
THE IBOGAINE EFFECT
1492
01:13:54,230 --> 01:13:55,832
FROM MUSKIE'S
TEARFUL BREAKDOWN
1493
01:13:55,832 --> 01:13:57,867
ON THE FLATBED TRUCK
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE..."
1494
01:13:59,536 --> 01:14:01,538
Perry: HE SAID,
"WELL, LOOK AT THE WAY
1495
01:14:01,538 --> 01:14:02,939
THE GUY GIVES
HIS SPEECHES.
1496
01:14:02,939 --> 01:14:05,408
IT EXACTLY FITS
THE SYMPTOMS
1497
01:14:05,408 --> 01:14:08,244
OF SOMEBODY
WHO'S STONED ON IBOGAINE."
1498
01:14:08,244 --> 01:14:11,548
AND THE CHARGE WAS
SO BIZARRE, SO OFF-THE-WALL,
1499
01:14:11,548 --> 01:14:13,550
IT REALLY BROUGHT
A LOT OF ATTENTION
TO HUNTER'S REPORTING.
1500
01:14:13,550 --> 01:14:15,952
DO YOU MIND
IF I STATE MY VIEW?
1501
01:14:15,952 --> 01:14:17,487
Depp:
"...TO THE DELUSIONS
AND ALTERED THINKING
1502
01:14:17,487 --> 01:14:19,455
THAT CHARACTERIZED
HIS CAMPAIGN IN WISCONSIN,
1503
01:14:19,455 --> 01:14:22,058
AND FINALLY THE CONDITION
OF 'TOTAL RAGE'
1504
01:14:22,058 --> 01:14:24,093
THAT GRIPPED HIM
IN FLORIDA."
1505
01:14:24,093 --> 01:14:27,831
BUT I AM SPEAKING
TO THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE
WILLING TO LISTEN TO ME!
1506
01:14:27,831 --> 01:14:30,033
Man:
THE RUMOR BEGAN
TO SPREAD EVERYWHERE
1507
01:14:30,033 --> 01:14:32,502
AMONG ALL THE PEOPLE
WHO WERE COVERING
THE CAMPAIGN
1508
01:14:32,502 --> 01:14:35,171
THAT MUSKIE WAS IN FACT
ON THIS BIZARRE DRUG.
1509
01:14:35,171 --> 01:14:37,774
- YOU FINALLY SAID
YOU MADE IT ALL UP.
- I HAD TO.
1510
01:14:37,774 --> 01:14:41,110
I COULDN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE
TOOK THIS STUFF SERIOUSLY.
1511
01:14:41,110 --> 01:14:43,747
PEOPLE REALLY BELIEVED THAT
MUSKIE WAS EATING IBOGAINE.
1512
01:14:43,747 --> 01:14:48,151
I NEVER SAID HE WAS.
I SAID THERE WAS A RUMOR
IN MILWAUKEE THAT HE WAS...
1513
01:14:48,151 --> 01:14:50,219
WHICH WAS TRUE.
I STARTED THE RUMOR
IN MILWAUKEE.
1514
01:14:50,219 --> 01:14:52,922
- ( audience laughing )
- YEAH, IF YOU'RE
REALLY CAREFUL--
1515
01:14:52,922 --> 01:14:54,591
I'M A VERY ACCURATE
JOURNALIST.
1516
01:14:59,663 --> 01:15:01,330
Depp:
"MUSKIE'S ALWAYS
TAKEN PRIDE
1517
01:15:01,330 --> 01:15:03,232
IN HIS ABILITY
TO DEAL WITH HECKLERS.
1518
01:15:03,232 --> 01:15:04,968
HE'S FREQUENTLY
CHALLENGED THEM,
1519
01:15:04,968 --> 01:15:07,136
CALLING THEM UP TO THE STAGE
IN FRONT OF BIG CROWDS
1520
01:15:07,136 --> 01:15:10,707
AND THE FORCING THE POOR
BASTARDS TO DEBATE WITH HIM
IN A BLAZE OF TV LIGHTS.
1521
01:15:10,707 --> 01:15:13,442
BUT THERE WAS NONE
OF THAT IN FLORIDA.
1522
01:15:13,442 --> 01:15:15,879
WHEN THE BOOHOO BEGAN
GRABBING AT HIS LEGS
1523
01:15:15,879 --> 01:15:17,614
AND SCREAMING
FOR MORE GIN,
1524
01:15:17,614 --> 01:15:19,382
BIG ED WENT
ALL TO PIECES,
1525
01:15:19,382 --> 01:15:22,051
WHICH GAVE RISE
TO SPECULATION
AMONG REPORTERS
1526
01:15:22,051 --> 01:15:24,721
FAMILIAR WITH
HIS CAMPAIGN STYLE
IN '68 AND '70
1527
01:15:24,721 --> 01:15:26,856
THAT MUSKIE
WAS NOT HIMSELF."
1528
01:15:26,856 --> 01:15:30,159
...SHREDDED, TORN,
BATTERED AND BEATEN
1529
01:15:30,159 --> 01:15:32,161
BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION.
1530
01:15:32,161 --> 01:15:33,697
Depp:
"IN RETROSPECT, HOWEVER,
1531
01:15:33,697 --> 01:15:35,799
IT IS EASY TO SEE
WHY MUSKIE FELL APART
1532
01:15:35,799 --> 01:15:38,334
ON THAT CABOOSE PLATFORM
IN THE MIAMI TRAIN STATION.
1533
01:15:38,334 --> 01:15:40,169
IT IS ENTIRELY CONCEIVABLE,
1534
01:15:40,169 --> 01:15:41,771
GIVEN THE KNOWN EFFECTS
OF IBOGAINE,
1535
01:15:41,771 --> 01:15:44,107
THAT MUSKIE'S BRAIN WAS
ALMOST PARALYZED
1536
01:15:44,107 --> 01:15:45,775
BY HALLUCINATIONS
AT THE TIME,
1537
01:15:45,775 --> 01:15:47,777
THAT HE LOOKED OUT
AT THE CROWD
1538
01:15:47,777 --> 01:15:49,879
AND SAW GILA MONSTERS
INSTEAD OF PEOPLE.
1539
01:15:51,715 --> 01:15:53,717
THAT HIS MIND
SNAPPED COMPLETELY
1540
01:15:53,717 --> 01:15:56,252
WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING LARGE
AND APPARENTLY VICIOUS
1541
01:15:56,252 --> 01:15:58,421
CLAWING AT HIS LEGS."
1542
01:16:00,957 --> 01:16:03,026
THAT'S CRAZY STUFF.
1543
01:16:03,026 --> 01:16:04,427
NOBODY WAS
WRITING LIKE THAT.
1544
01:16:04,427 --> 01:16:07,430
I MEAN, IN THE SERIOUS WORLD
OF POLITICAL JOURNALISM
1545
01:16:07,430 --> 01:16:09,432
THEY THOUGHT
THAT WAY OF HUNTER,
1546
01:16:09,432 --> 01:16:12,535
THAT HE WAS
GETTING AWAY WITH STUFF
1547
01:16:12,535 --> 01:16:15,705
THAT THEY COULDN'T
IN WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
1548
01:16:15,705 --> 01:16:17,106
AND THEY ALL LIVED
VICARIOUSLY THROUGH HIM.
1549
01:16:17,106 --> 01:16:20,276
Crouse:
THE SOCIAL SCENE
OF THE PRESS--
1550
01:16:20,276 --> 01:16:23,579
IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS
ALMOST ALL MALES
1551
01:16:23,579 --> 01:16:27,550
AND THEY ALMOST
ALL DRANK PRETTY SERIOUSLY.
1552
01:16:27,550 --> 01:16:31,420
AND HUNTER, HE WAS
KIND OF IMPERVIOUS MAN
1553
01:16:31,420 --> 01:16:35,324
WHEN IT CAME
TO DRUGS AND TO LIQUOR.
1554
01:16:35,324 --> 01:16:37,794
YOU SAW
THAT STUFF GO IN
1555
01:16:37,794 --> 01:16:40,730
AND THERE WAS
NO DISCERNABLE EFFECT
1556
01:16:40,730 --> 01:16:42,832
IN HIS BEHAVIOR.
1557
01:16:42,832 --> 01:16:45,568
AND THAT LEFT
AN IMPRESSION
1558
01:16:45,568 --> 01:16:47,270
ON THE PEOPLE
HE WAS WITH.
1559
01:16:49,072 --> 01:16:51,641
HUNTER COULDN'T
RESIST, EVER,
1560
01:16:51,641 --> 01:16:53,309
TRYING TO SHOCK
THE SQUARES.
1561
01:16:53,309 --> 01:16:55,244
HUNTER WOULD TURN
TO ME AND SAY,
1562
01:16:55,244 --> 01:16:58,047
"MAYBE AT THE NEXT STOP
WE CAN SHOOT UP,"
1563
01:16:58,047 --> 01:17:00,684
OR "HEY, IF THEY HAVE
A MEN'S ROOM,
1564
01:17:00,684 --> 01:17:03,186
IT WOULD BE GOOD
TO EAT SOME ACID."
1565
01:17:03,186 --> 01:17:05,755
AND HUNTER,
IN THIS SENSE,
1566
01:17:05,755 --> 01:17:10,026
ALMOST HAD
THE ATTRIBUTES
OF AN ACTION HERO.
1567
01:17:18,034 --> 01:17:20,203
McGovern:
I GOT A CALL FROM HUNTER.
1568
01:17:20,203 --> 01:17:22,872
HE INVITED ELEANOR AND ME
TO MEET HIM FOR DINNER.
1569
01:17:22,872 --> 01:17:26,642
WHEN WE GOT THERE,
THE WAITRESS MATERIALIZED
1570
01:17:26,642 --> 01:17:30,680
AND HE SAID,
"BRING ME THREE MARGARITAS
1571
01:17:30,680 --> 01:17:34,083
AND SIX BEERS,"
1572
01:17:34,083 --> 01:17:35,618
AND THE GIRL LAUGHED.
1573
01:17:35,618 --> 01:17:39,655
SHE SAID, "ARE YOU EXPECTING
SOME OTHER PEOPLE, SIR?"
1574
01:17:39,655 --> 01:17:43,860
HE SAID, "NO. FIND OUT
WHAT THESE TWO FOLKS WANT,
1575
01:17:43,860 --> 01:17:46,395
BUT BRING ME
THREE MARGARITAS
1576
01:17:46,395 --> 01:17:48,698
AND SIX BEERS."
( laughs )
1577
01:17:51,034 --> 01:17:54,137
Hart:
I DON'T THINK HUNTER EVER
THOUGHT McGOVERN WAS GONNA WIN.
1578
01:17:54,137 --> 01:17:56,605
I THINK HE WAS ALONG
FOR THE RIDE.
1579
01:17:56,605 --> 01:17:58,808
THIS THING PICKS UP
SPEED FAST, DOESN'T IT?
1580
01:17:58,808 --> 01:18:02,078
Man:
OH YEAH,
SO IS YOUR CAMPAIGN.
1581
01:18:02,078 --> 01:18:03,747
Hart:
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
1582
01:18:03,747 --> 01:18:06,115
THIS THING BEGINS
TO BE SERIOUS.
1583
01:18:06,115 --> 01:18:07,583
Man:
OF THE SIX
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES,
1584
01:18:07,583 --> 01:18:09,618
WHICH ONE ARE
YOU SUPPORTING
IN THE PRIMARY?
1585
01:18:09,618 --> 01:18:11,454
- McGOVERN?
- WHY?
1586
01:18:11,454 --> 01:18:15,792
BECAUSE I THINK THAT
HE'S THE ONLY MAN THAT
CAN UNITE THE COUNTRY.
1587
01:18:15,792 --> 01:18:18,027
- GEORGE McGOVERN.
- Man: WHY?
1588
01:18:18,027 --> 01:18:20,363
BECAUSE I THINK
HE'S THE PEOPLE'S MAN.
1589
01:18:20,363 --> 01:18:22,799
UH, WHAT'S HIS NAME?
1590
01:18:22,799 --> 01:18:25,368
- Man: WALLACE?
- NO NO NO. NO.
1591
01:18:25,368 --> 01:18:26,770
- LINDSAY?
- NO.
1592
01:18:26,770 --> 01:18:28,337
- HUMPHREY?
- NO.
1593
01:18:28,337 --> 01:18:30,073
- MUSKIE?
- NO.
1594
01:18:30,073 --> 01:18:32,275
- McGOVERN?
- YES, YOU'VE GOT IT
RIGHT THERE.
1595
01:18:32,275 --> 01:18:34,610
I THINK YOU'RE COMING
ON GOOD TO LABOR PEOPLE.
1596
01:18:34,610 --> 01:18:37,346
- YEAH.
- Hart: I THINK
HUNTER REALIZED
1597
01:18:37,346 --> 01:18:40,316
THAT THE MAN
HE WAS FOLLOWING MIGHT
ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE.
1598
01:18:40,316 --> 01:18:44,854
Man:
MUSKIE, JACKSON,
LINDSAY TRAIL BADLY.
1599
01:18:44,854 --> 01:18:47,256
WHAT THE HELL
HAVE YOU BEEN DOING?
1600
01:18:47,256 --> 01:18:49,058
WE WON BY A LANDSLIDE.
1601
01:18:49,058 --> 01:18:50,894
THE PRESS COVERAGE IS
UNBELIEVABLE.
1602
01:18:50,894 --> 01:18:52,295
HE'S GONNA BE
ON THE COVER OF "NEWSWEEK,"
1603
01:18:52,295 --> 01:18:54,230
PROBABLY THE COVER
OF "TIME,"
1604
01:18:54,230 --> 01:18:55,664
AND THEY'RE CALLING HIM
THE FRONTRUNNER
1605
01:18:55,664 --> 01:18:57,100
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION.
1606
01:18:57,100 --> 01:18:58,467
NOW WE'VE GOT TO WORRY.
1607
01:18:58,467 --> 01:19:01,404
( cheering )
1608
01:19:07,310 --> 01:19:09,178
Man:
Senator George McGovern,
1609
01:19:09,178 --> 01:19:10,980
having received
the majority vote
1610
01:19:10,980 --> 01:19:12,949
of this convention
of certified delegates,
1611
01:19:12,949 --> 01:19:15,184
is hereby declared
1612
01:19:15,184 --> 01:19:17,753
the 1972 Democratic nominee
1613
01:19:17,753 --> 01:19:19,989
for President
of the United States.
1614
01:19:24,560 --> 01:19:26,796
Depp:
"McGOVERN APPEARED
TO HAVE A SURE LOCK
1615
01:19:26,796 --> 01:19:28,364
ON THE WHITE HOUSE
WHEN THE SUN CAME UP
1616
01:19:28,364 --> 01:19:32,435
ON MIAMI BEACH ON THE MORNING
OF THURSDAY, JULY 13TH.
1617
01:19:32,435 --> 01:19:34,938
SINCE THEN HE HAS
CRIPPLED HIMSELF
1618
01:19:34,938 --> 01:19:37,907
WITH A SERIES OF ALMOST
UNBELIEVABLE BLUNDERS."
1619
01:19:40,043 --> 01:19:41,878
Hart:
THE POLLS GOING
INTO THAT WEEKEND
1620
01:19:41,878 --> 01:19:43,579
SHOWED McGOVERN
WITH A CHANCE TO WIN.
1621
01:19:43,579 --> 01:19:45,548
NOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT
TO DEFEAT AN INCUMBENT,
1622
01:19:45,548 --> 01:19:47,616
PARTICULARLY AT WAR TIME,
1623
01:19:47,616 --> 01:19:49,886
SO YOU HAD TO HAVE
EVERYTHING GO RIGHT.
1624
01:19:49,886 --> 01:19:52,188
YOU COULD NOT HAVE
ONE THING GO WRONG.
1625
01:19:52,188 --> 01:19:55,658
AND OF COURSE
WE HAD A HUGE MAJOR THING
GO WRONG WITHIN HOURS.
1626
01:19:55,658 --> 01:19:58,194
THERE WAS THIS DISASTER
1627
01:19:58,194 --> 01:20:00,796
WITH THE CHOICE
FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT--
1628
01:20:00,796 --> 01:20:03,432
THOMAS EAGLETON,
SENATOR FROM MISSOURI.
1629
01:20:03,432 --> 01:20:05,801
Frank Mankiewicz:
HE MEETS THE MAIN REQUIREMENTS
1630
01:20:05,801 --> 01:20:08,604
SENATOR McGOVERN
SET DOWN WHEN HE BEGAN
HIS CONSIDERATION,
1631
01:20:08,604 --> 01:20:10,539
WHICH IS A MAN
IN WHOM HE WOULD HAVE
1632
01:20:10,539 --> 01:20:12,575
ABSOLUTE
AND COMPLETE CONFIDENCE
1633
01:20:12,575 --> 01:20:15,178
AND IN WHOM HE BELIEVES
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD
HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE
1634
01:20:15,178 --> 01:20:18,114
TO BECOME PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD
AN OCCASION ARISE.
1635
01:20:18,114 --> 01:20:20,116
I THINK IT WAS
MANKIEWICZ WHO ASKED HIM
1636
01:20:20,116 --> 01:20:23,219
IF HE HAD ANY SKELETONS
IN HIS CLOSET AND HE SAID NO.
1637
01:20:25,154 --> 01:20:27,690
TOM SAID HE COULDN'T
THINK OF ANYTHING
1638
01:20:27,690 --> 01:20:30,159
AND THEN THE CLOCK
STARTED TO TICK.
1639
01:20:33,496 --> 01:20:36,465
Hart:
THE WEEKEND AFTER
THE CONVENTION IN MIAMI
1640
01:20:36,465 --> 01:20:39,468
WE HAD GOTTEN
AN ANONYMOUS CALL
AT HEADQUARTERS
1641
01:20:39,468 --> 01:20:42,505
SAYING THAT
SENATOR EAGLETON HAD HAD...
1642
01:20:42,505 --> 01:20:46,309
SHOCK THERAPY,
WHICH WE HAD NOT KNOWN.
1643
01:20:46,309 --> 01:20:51,647
- ( speaking indistinctly )
- * WELL, I THINK I'M GOING
OUT OF MY HEAD *
1644
01:20:51,647 --> 01:20:56,052
* YES, I THINK
I'M GOING OUT OF MY HEAD *
1645
01:20:56,052 --> 01:20:59,588
* OVER YOU... *
1646
01:20:59,588 --> 01:21:01,958
ON THREE OCCASIONS
IN MY LIFE,
1647
01:21:01,958 --> 01:21:04,860
I HAVE VOLUNTARILY GONE
INTO HOSPITALS
1648
01:21:04,860 --> 01:21:08,197
AS A RESULT
OF NERVOUS EXHAUSTION
AND FATIGUE.
1649
01:21:08,197 --> 01:21:10,533
Buchanan: I'D BEEN
IN ST. LOUIS. I'D HEARD
ABOUT THE EAGLETON STUFF,
1650
01:21:10,533 --> 01:21:12,268
EVEN BEFORE--
WHEN THEY NOMINATED HIM.
1651
01:21:12,268 --> 01:21:14,403
IT WOULD SURPRISE ME
WHEN THEY NOMINATED HIM.
1652
01:21:14,403 --> 01:21:17,140
WHEN THAT HIT,
THAT WAS THE COUP DE GRACE.
1653
01:21:17,140 --> 01:21:19,142
I WAS IN NIXON'S OFFICE
1654
01:21:19,142 --> 01:21:22,245
AND THERE WAS
WHAT I WOULD SAY WAS
CONSIDERABLE MERRIMENT.
1655
01:21:22,245 --> 01:21:24,880
NIXON SAID,
"WELL, PAT TOLD US,
DIDN'T HE, CHUCK?"
1656
01:21:29,818 --> 01:21:32,821
Depp:
"TOM EAGLETON WAS EXACTLY
THE KIND OF VP CANDIDATE
1657
01:21:32,821 --> 01:21:34,991
THAT MUSKIE OR HUMPHREY
WOULD HAVE CHOSEN--
1658
01:21:34,991 --> 01:21:37,193
A PEACE OFFERING
TO THE OLD POLITICS GANG,
1659
01:21:37,193 --> 01:21:38,661
BECAUSE McGOVERN
THOUGHT HE NEEDED
1660
01:21:38,661 --> 01:21:40,329
THOSE BASTARDS
TO BEAT NIXON."
1661
01:21:41,864 --> 01:21:43,899
IS IT YOUR INTENTION
THEN TO REMAIN
ON THE TICKET?
1662
01:21:43,899 --> 01:21:46,869
- CATEGORICALLY, YES.
- Depp: "IT'S HARD TO SEE
1663
01:21:46,869 --> 01:21:48,304
HOW GEORGE COULD HAVE
DONE ANY WORSE,
1664
01:21:48,304 --> 01:21:51,107
EVEN WITH CHARLES MANSON
FOR A RUNNING MATE."
1665
01:21:51,107 --> 01:21:54,877
Hart:
ALL OF A SUDDEN, HUNTER JUMPS
ON THAT CRITICAL BANDWAGON.
1666
01:21:54,877 --> 01:21:58,114
HIS WHOLE CRITIQUE OF McGOVERN
IN THE FALL CAMPAIGN WAS
1667
01:21:58,114 --> 01:22:00,950
"SELLOUT, COMPROMISER."
1668
01:22:00,950 --> 01:22:03,352
BUT YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS
ABOUT AMERICAN POLITICS
1669
01:22:03,352 --> 01:22:05,688
AND BE INFANTILE ABOUT IT.
1670
01:22:05,688 --> 01:22:07,923
AND THERE WAS
AN INFANTILE--
1671
01:22:07,923 --> 01:22:11,794
I SAY THIS
WITH ALL RESPECT
TO MY LATE FRIEND--
1672
01:22:11,794 --> 01:22:13,862
AN INFANTILE ASPECT
TO HUNTER.
1673
01:22:13,862 --> 01:22:15,664
HE WANTED
IT ALL TO BE FUN,
1674
01:22:15,664 --> 01:22:19,135
ALL TO BE AMUSING,
ALL TO BE GOOD AND EVIL,
1675
01:22:19,135 --> 01:22:21,604
AND "WE'RE THE GOOD GUYS,
THEY'RE THE BAD GUYS
1676
01:22:21,604 --> 01:22:23,272
AND WE'RE GONNA
CRUSH 'EM,"
1677
01:22:23,272 --> 01:22:24,873
AND OVERDRAMATIZING
1678
01:22:24,873 --> 01:22:27,977
WHAT IS REALLY SOME
OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS
1679
01:22:27,977 --> 01:22:29,645
HUMAN BEINGS HAVE TO DO,
1680
01:22:29,645 --> 01:22:31,580
AND THAT IS TO TRY
TO GOVERN A DEMOCRACY.
1681
01:22:33,316 --> 01:22:36,252
McGovern:
THE PUBLIC DEBATE
OF SENATOR EAGLETON'S
1682
01:22:36,252 --> 01:22:37,953
PAST MEDICAL HISTORY
1683
01:22:37,953 --> 01:22:40,423
CONTINUES
TO DIVERT ATTENTION
1684
01:22:40,423 --> 01:22:42,358
FROM THE GREAT
NATIONAL ISSUES
1685
01:22:42,358 --> 01:22:44,760
THAT NEED
TO BE DISCUSSED.
1686
01:22:44,760 --> 01:22:47,896
THEREFORE WE HAVE
JOINTLY AGREED
1687
01:22:47,896 --> 01:22:50,733
THAT THE BEST COURSE IS
FOR SENATOR EAGLETON
1688
01:22:50,733 --> 01:22:52,701
- TO STEP ASIDE.
- ( applause )
1689
01:22:52,701 --> 01:22:54,403
Crouse:
WHEN McGOVERN FINALLY
HAD TO GIVE IN,
1690
01:22:54,403 --> 01:22:57,740
IT MADE McGOVERN
LOOK LIKE A LIAR,
1691
01:22:57,740 --> 01:22:59,208
IT MADE HIM LOOK
LIKE A WAFFLER.
1692
01:22:59,208 --> 01:23:01,710
IT WAS A BLOW
FROM WHICH THE CAMPAIGN
1693
01:23:01,710 --> 01:23:03,212
NEVER REALLY COVERED.
1694
01:23:03,212 --> 01:23:05,281
WISH I WORE
MY DRIP-DRY SUIT.
1695
01:23:05,281 --> 01:23:09,252
McGovern:
THE NATIONAL PRESS WASN'T
VERY RESPONSIBLE AT THAT TIME.
1696
01:23:09,252 --> 01:23:11,554
I DON'T CONDEMN
THE PRESS.
1697
01:23:11,554 --> 01:23:13,656
THEY WERE DOING WHAT
THEY THOUGHT WAS RIGHT,
1698
01:23:13,656 --> 01:23:16,925
BUT THEY SPENT FAR MORE INK
1699
01:23:16,925 --> 01:23:20,063
DWELLING
ON MY MISHANDLING
1700
01:23:20,063 --> 01:23:22,298
OF THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL
SELECTION
1701
01:23:22,298 --> 01:23:26,502
THAN WAS EVER DEVOTED
TO THE WATERGATE BREAK-IN
1702
01:23:26,502 --> 01:23:29,538
ON THE PART
OF THE NIXON PEOPLE
DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
1703
01:23:29,538 --> 01:23:31,374
IT WAS HARD TO GET
THEM INTERESTED IN THAT.
1704
01:23:34,843 --> 01:23:37,413
Depp:
"AT THE STROKE
OF MIDNIGHT IN WASHINGTON
1705
01:23:37,413 --> 01:23:40,916
A DROOLING RED-EYED BEAST
WITH THE LEGS OF A MAN
1706
01:23:40,916 --> 01:23:42,785
AND THE HEAD
OF A GIANT HYENA
1707
01:23:42,785 --> 01:23:45,054
CRAWLS OUT
OF ITS BEDROOM WINDOW
1708
01:23:45,054 --> 01:23:46,922
IN THE SOUTH WING
OF THE WHITE HOUSE
1709
01:23:46,922 --> 01:23:49,792
AND LEAPS 50'
DOWN TO THE LAWN,
1710
01:23:49,792 --> 01:23:52,728
PAUSES BRIEFLY TO STRANGLE
THE CHOW WATCHDOG,
1711
01:23:52,728 --> 01:23:55,398
THEN RACES OFF
INTO THE DARKNESS
1712
01:23:55,398 --> 01:23:58,634
TOWARDS THE WATERGATE,
SNARLING WITH LUST,
1713
01:23:58,634 --> 01:24:01,804
LOPING THROUGH THE ALLEYS
BEHIND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
1714
01:24:01,804 --> 01:24:03,239
AND TRYING DESPERATELY
TO REMEMBER
1715
01:24:03,239 --> 01:24:05,674
WHICH ONE OF THOSE
400 IDENTICAL BALCONIES
1716
01:24:05,674 --> 01:24:08,877
IS THE ONE OUTSIDE
MARTHA MITCHELL'S APARTMENT."
1717
01:24:08,877 --> 01:24:11,380
( growling )
1718
01:24:15,484 --> 01:24:18,287
Depp:
"DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES
BEYOND MY CONTROL,
1719
01:24:18,287 --> 01:24:20,289
I WOULD RATHER
NOT WRITE ANYTHING
1720
01:24:20,289 --> 01:24:23,726
ABOUT THE 1972
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
AT THIS TIME.
1721
01:24:23,726 --> 01:24:25,928
ON TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 7TH,
1722
01:24:25,928 --> 01:24:28,131
I WILL GET OUT
OF BED LONG ENOUGH
1723
01:24:28,131 --> 01:24:29,832
TO GO DOWN
TO THE POLLING PLACE
1724
01:24:29,832 --> 01:24:32,401
AND VOTE
FOR GEORGE McGOVERN.
1725
01:24:32,401 --> 01:24:36,272
AFTERWARDS, I WILL
DRIVE BACK TO THE HOUSE,
1726
01:24:36,272 --> 01:24:39,508
LOCK THE FRONT DOOR,
GET BACK IN BED
1727
01:24:39,508 --> 01:24:42,945
AND WATCH TELEVISION
AS LONG AS NECESSARY.
1728
01:24:42,945 --> 01:24:46,949
IT WILL PROBABLY
BE A WHILE BEFORE
THE ANGST LIFTS.
1729
01:24:46,949 --> 01:24:49,318
BUT WHENEVER IT HAPPENS,
1730
01:24:49,318 --> 01:24:51,654
I WILL GET OUT
OF BED AGAIN
1731
01:24:51,654 --> 01:24:55,691
AND START WRITING THE MEAN,
COLD-BLOODED BUMMER
1732
01:24:55,691 --> 01:24:58,727
THAT I WAS NOT
QUITE READY FOR TODAY."
1733
01:25:01,530 --> 01:25:03,932
Crouse:
HE WAS THE RIGHT MAN
IN THE RIGHT PLACE
1734
01:25:03,932 --> 01:25:06,302
AND HE WAS EQUIPPED
TO CAPTURE
1735
01:25:06,302 --> 01:25:08,337
A CERTAIN MOMENT
IN HISTORY
1736
01:25:08,337 --> 01:25:10,839
AS NOBODY ELSE WAS
EQUIPPED TO DO.
1737
01:25:15,511 --> 01:25:17,713
IN HIS BEST PAGES,
1738
01:25:17,713 --> 01:25:20,048
I THINK HE CAPTURED
CERTAIN TRUTHS
1739
01:25:20,048 --> 01:25:21,484
ABOUT HUMAN PERVERSITY
1740
01:25:21,484 --> 01:25:24,387
THAT WILL NEVER LOSE
THEIR STING.
1741
01:25:26,922 --> 01:25:30,893
AND I DON'T THINK
THAT ANYBODY CAN BE
TOO SURPRISED
1742
01:25:30,893 --> 01:25:34,430
THAT WE FIND OURSELVES
IN THE NIGHTMARE
WE'RE IN TODAY
1743
01:25:34,430 --> 01:25:36,565
BECAUSE IT'S
ESSENTIALLY THE SAME
1744
01:25:36,565 --> 01:25:39,435
AS THE NIGHTMARE
HE DESCRIBED BACK THEN.
1745
01:25:39,435 --> 01:25:42,004
AND I THINK
IT WILL ALWAYS BE SALUBRIOUS
1746
01:25:42,004 --> 01:25:46,675
AND CLEANSING
TO HAVE SOMEONE EXPRESS
1747
01:25:46,675 --> 01:25:48,711
THE MOCKERY
AND THE RAGE
1748
01:25:48,711 --> 01:25:50,913
AND FINALLY THE DESPAIR
1749
01:25:50,913 --> 01:25:54,283
THAT ARE THE ONLY REACTION
1750
01:25:54,283 --> 01:25:57,186
OF A REAL HUMAN
TO THAT NIGHTMARE.
1751
01:25:57,186 --> 01:25:59,555
Reporter:
Massachusetts has gone
1752
01:25:59,555 --> 01:26:02,958
for the Democratic candidate--
1753
01:26:02,958 --> 01:26:05,694
the only state
going for McGovern.
1754
01:26:05,694 --> 01:26:07,663
Reporter #2:
We project that
President Nixon
1755
01:26:07,663 --> 01:26:09,698
will come out
of this the winner.
1756
01:26:09,698 --> 01:26:12,901
with about 60%
of the popular vote.
1757
01:26:12,901 --> 01:26:15,804
I've never known
a national election
1758
01:26:15,804 --> 01:26:18,173
when I would be able
to go to bed earlier
than tonight.
1759
01:26:18,173 --> 01:26:19,942
( audience laughs )
1760
01:26:19,942 --> 01:26:24,313
* PUT A CANDLE
IN THE WINDOW... *
1761
01:26:24,313 --> 01:26:26,249
Crouse:
"THIS MAY BE THE YEAR
WHEN WE FINALLY COME
1762
01:26:26,249 --> 01:26:27,883
FACE TO FACE
WITH OURSELVES,
1763
01:26:27,883 --> 01:26:30,085
FINALLY JUST LAY BACK
AND SAY
1764
01:26:30,085 --> 01:26:32,388
THAT WE ARE
REALLY JUST A NATION
1765
01:26:32,388 --> 01:26:35,524
OF 220 MILLION
USED-CAR SALESMEN
1766
01:26:35,524 --> 01:26:37,393
WITH ALL THE MONEY
WE NEED TO BUY GUNS
1767
01:26:37,393 --> 01:26:40,363
AND NO QUALMS
AT ALL ABOUT KILLING
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD
1768
01:26:40,363 --> 01:26:42,164
WHO TRIES TO MAKE US
UNCOMFORTABLE."
1769
01:26:45,000 --> 01:26:47,436
McGovern:
NEVER AGAIN WILL WE SEND
1770
01:26:47,436 --> 01:26:49,838
THE PRECIOUS YOUNG BLOOD
OF THIS COUNTRY
1771
01:26:49,838 --> 01:26:51,707
TO DIE TRYING
TO PROP UP
1772
01:26:51,707 --> 01:26:54,977
A CORRUPT MILITARY
DICTATORSHIP ABROAD.
1773
01:26:54,977 --> 01:26:56,979
( crowd cheers )
1774
01:26:56,979 --> 01:26:59,715
"THE TRAGEDY OF ALL THIS IS
THAT GEORGE McGOVERN,
1775
01:26:59,715 --> 01:27:01,417
FOR ALL HIS MISTAKES
1776
01:27:01,417 --> 01:27:05,954
AND ALL HIS IMPRECISE TALK
ABOUT NEW POLITICS
1777
01:27:05,954 --> 01:27:07,523
AND HONESTY
IN GOVERNMENT,
1778
01:27:07,523 --> 01:27:10,426
IS ONE OF THE FEW MEN
WHO WOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT
1779
01:27:10,426 --> 01:27:12,395
OF THE UNITED STATES
IN THIS CENTURY
1780
01:27:12,395 --> 01:27:15,331
WHO REALLY UNDERSTANDS
WHAT A FANTASTIC MONUMENT
1781
01:27:15,331 --> 01:27:17,466
THIS COUNTRY
MIGHT HAVE BEEN
1782
01:27:17,466 --> 01:27:19,468
IF WE COULD'VE KEPT IT
OUT OF THE HANDS
1783
01:27:19,468 --> 01:27:21,470
OF GREEDY LITTLE HUSTLERS
LIKE RICHARD NIXON."
1784
01:27:21,470 --> 01:27:25,374
* GUESS I'VE GOT
THAT OLD TRAVELING BONE *
1785
01:27:28,777 --> 01:27:31,514
* GONNA FEEL
REALLY ALONE... *
1786
01:27:31,514 --> 01:27:33,849
...WHETHER OR NOT
THEIR PRESIDENT IS A CROOK.
1787
01:27:33,849 --> 01:27:36,619
WELL, I'M NOT A CROOK.
1788
01:27:36,619 --> 01:27:41,924
* BUT I WON'T-- I WON'T BE
LOSING MY WAY, NO NO... *
1789
01:27:45,227 --> 01:27:47,330
Crouse:
"McGOVERN MADE
SOME STUPID MISTAKES,
1790
01:27:47,330 --> 01:27:50,265
BUT, IN CONTEXT,
THEY SEEM ALMOST FRIVOLOUS
1791
01:27:50,265 --> 01:27:52,435
COMPARED TO THE THINGS
RICHARD NIXON DOES
1792
01:27:52,435 --> 01:27:54,370
EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE
ON PURPOSE
1793
01:27:54,370 --> 01:27:56,305
AS A MATTER OF POLICY
1794
01:27:56,305 --> 01:27:59,107
AND A PERFECT EXPRESSION
OF EVERYTHING HE STANDS FOR.
1795
01:27:59,107 --> 01:28:03,211
JESUS, WHERE WILL IT END?
HOW LOW DO YOU HAVE TO STOOP
1796
01:28:03,211 --> 01:28:06,114
IN THIS COUNTRY
TO BE PRESIDENT?"
1797
01:28:06,114 --> 01:28:09,585
* PUT A CANDLE
IN THE WINDOW *
1798
01:28:13,756 --> 01:28:17,826
* THOUGH I'M GOING,
GOING *
1799
01:28:17,826 --> 01:28:19,728
* I'LL BE
COMING HOME SOON *
1800
01:28:21,464 --> 01:28:25,267
* LONG AS I CAN SEE
THE LIGHT... *
1801
01:28:26,769 --> 01:28:28,170
WHEW.
1802
01:28:29,705 --> 01:28:32,508
Wenner:
AS MUCH AS HE WAS
REVILED AND REVULSED
1803
01:28:32,508 --> 01:28:34,176
BY NIXON,
HE IDENTIFIED WITH HIM.
1804
01:28:34,176 --> 01:28:36,178
HE UNDERSTOOD THAT DARKNESS
OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT.
1805
01:28:36,178 --> 01:28:38,514
YOU KNOW, HUNTER WAS
DEEPLY INVESTED IN AMERICA.
1806
01:28:38,514 --> 01:28:41,517
WHETHER YOU CALL IT
THE AMERICAN DREAM
OR AMERICAN POLITICS,
1807
01:28:41,517 --> 01:28:43,352
ALL THE THINGS
HE WROTE ABOUT
1808
01:28:43,352 --> 01:28:47,155
WERE ALWAYS
LOOKING AT THE DARK SIDE
AS WELL AS THE HOPE.
1809
01:28:47,155 --> 01:28:49,658
BUT DURING HIS LIFETIME
IT KEPT LOOKING LIKE,
1810
01:28:49,658 --> 01:28:52,961
ONCE AGAIN, THE EVIL,
THE DARKNESS WOULD TRIUMPH.
1811
01:28:54,530 --> 01:28:58,801
Crouse:
IN 1972, HE BEGAN
TO FEEL DISILLUSIONED.
1812
01:28:58,801 --> 01:29:00,703
AND WITH JIMMY CARTER,
HE WAS TRYING
1813
01:29:00,703 --> 01:29:03,271
TO GIVE POLITICS
ONE LAST CHANCE.
1814
01:29:03,271 --> 01:29:05,207
( "Georgia on my Mind"
playing )
1815
01:29:08,477 --> 01:29:10,312
Depp:
"I HAVE HEARD
HUNDREDS OF SPEECHES
1816
01:29:10,312 --> 01:29:12,615
BY ALL KINDS OF CANDIDATES
AND POLITICIANS,
1817
01:29:12,615 --> 01:29:15,183
BUT I HAVE NEVER HEARD
A SUSTAINED PIECE
1818
01:29:15,183 --> 01:29:17,420
OF POLITICAL ORATORY
THAT IMPRESSED ME MORE
1819
01:29:17,420 --> 01:29:19,788
THAN THE SPEECH
JIMMY CARTER MADE
ON LAW DAY
1820
01:29:19,788 --> 01:29:21,624
AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF GEORGIA
1821
01:29:21,624 --> 01:29:24,126
ONE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
IN MAY, 1974.
1822
01:29:24,126 --> 01:29:27,530
IT WAS A KING HELL BASTARD
OF A SPEECH.
1823
01:29:27,530 --> 01:29:32,134
BY THE TIME IT WAS OVER,
IT HAD RUNG EVERY BELL
IN THE ROOM."
1824
01:29:32,134 --> 01:29:35,638
Carter: Senator Kennedy
and distinguished
fellow Georgians,
1825
01:29:35,638 --> 01:29:37,105
friends of the Law School
of Georgia and--
1826
01:29:37,105 --> 01:29:38,541
Hunter: I WAS
THE ONLY REPORTER THERE
1827
01:29:38,541 --> 01:29:40,476
AND I WAS WITH KENNEDY.
1828
01:29:40,476 --> 01:29:42,578
I HAD NO INTEREST
IN CARTER
1829
01:29:42,578 --> 01:29:45,247
AND NO INTENTION
OF EITHER LISTENING TO HIM
1830
01:29:45,247 --> 01:29:46,882
OR REPORTING
ANYTHING HE SAID.
1831
01:29:46,882 --> 01:29:48,784
Carter:
NOT PAYING
ANY ATTENTION TO ME,
1832
01:29:48,784 --> 01:29:50,553
HE WAS GOING OUTSIDE
EVERY NOW AND THEN
1833
01:29:50,553 --> 01:29:53,856
TO REPLENISH
HIS GLASS OF WHAT WAS
APPARENTLY ICE TEA
1834
01:29:53,856 --> 01:29:55,824
BUT WAS REALLY
WILD TURKEY WHISKEY.
1835
01:29:55,824 --> 01:29:59,094
I STARTED SPEAKING
FROM MY HEART
1836
01:29:59,094 --> 01:30:01,396
ABOUT THE DEFECTS
1837
01:30:01,396 --> 01:30:04,199
IN THE AMERICAN
JUDICIAL SYSTEM.
1838
01:30:04,199 --> 01:30:06,134
( Carter speaking )
1839
01:30:21,450 --> 01:30:23,519
Depp:
"BUT WHAT SENT ME
BACK OUT TO THE TRUNK
1840
01:30:23,519 --> 01:30:25,921
TO GET MY TAPE RECORDER
INSTEAD OF ANOTHER DRINK
1841
01:30:25,921 --> 01:30:28,891
WAS THE SPECTACLE
OF A SOUTHERN POLITICIAN
1842
01:30:28,891 --> 01:30:30,926
TELLING A CROWD
OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS
1843
01:30:30,926 --> 01:30:32,995
THAT 'THE SOURCE
OF MY UNDERSTANDING
1844
01:30:32,995 --> 01:30:34,897
ABOUT WHAT'S RIGHT
AND WRONG IN THIS SOCIETY
1845
01:30:34,897 --> 01:30:36,699
IS FROM A FRIEND
OF MINE--
1846
01:30:36,699 --> 01:30:39,768
A GREAT POET
NAMED BOB DYLAN.'"
1847
01:30:39,768 --> 01:30:41,704
( Carter speaking )
1848
01:30:51,547 --> 01:30:55,818
* I AIN'T GONNA WORK ON
MAGGIE'S FARM NO MORE... *
1849
01:31:09,965 --> 01:31:12,000
- ( crowd laughs )
- Carter: SHE SAID...
1850
01:31:14,202 --> 01:31:16,338
Hunter:
"AT THIS POINT,
CARTER WAS ATTACKED
1851
01:31:16,338 --> 01:31:20,275
BY WHAT WAS LATER IDENTIFIED
AS A 48 LB SLOPE."
1852
01:31:20,275 --> 01:31:22,210
( Carter speaking )
1853
01:31:27,683 --> 01:31:29,918
Carter:
I WAS SPEAKING
TO A BUNCH OF LAWYERS
1854
01:31:29,918 --> 01:31:31,920
AND THE REACTION
AMONG THEM WAS ONE
1855
01:31:31,920 --> 01:31:34,489
OF STUNNED SILENCE.
1856
01:31:34,489 --> 01:31:37,059
( silence )
1857
01:31:37,059 --> 01:31:38,994
( Carter speaking )
1858
01:31:54,877 --> 01:31:56,545
"...HE WAS GREETED
WITH HORROR.
1859
01:31:56,545 --> 01:31:57,880
STILL, ONCE THAT
CHANGE WAS MADE--
1860
01:31:57,880 --> 01:31:59,882
A VERY SIMPLE,
DIFFICULT CHANGE--
1861
01:31:59,882 --> 01:32:02,150
NO ONE IN HIS RIGHT MIND
WOULD WANT TO GO BACK
1862
01:32:02,150 --> 01:32:04,620
TO CIRCUMSTANCES PRIOR
TO THAT JUNCTURE
1863
01:32:04,620 --> 01:32:06,689
IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF OUR NATION'S SOCIETY."
1864
01:32:06,689 --> 01:32:08,490
IT CHANGED MY LIFE.
1865
01:32:08,490 --> 01:32:10,793
OF COURSE, HUNTER IS THE PERSON
THAT FOUND JIMMY CARTER.
1866
01:32:10,793 --> 01:32:14,730
HUNTER WOULD GO
AROUND THE COUNTRY
AND PLAY IT FOR PEOPLE.
1867
01:32:14,730 --> 01:32:17,900
Brinkley:
HIS COVER STORY
ON "ROLLING STONE"
1868
01:32:17,900 --> 01:32:20,068
THAT HUNTER WROTE
ENDORSING CARTER
1869
01:32:20,068 --> 01:32:22,070
HELPED JIMMY CARTER
WIN THAT ELECTION.
1870
01:32:22,070 --> 01:32:25,574
HE WAS THE MOST POPULAR WRITER
IN THE UNITED STATES.
1871
01:32:25,574 --> 01:32:30,312
My next guest is one
of the most controversial
writers in America
1872
01:32:30,312 --> 01:32:32,347
and the inventor
of gonzo journalism.
1873
01:32:32,347 --> 01:32:34,216
We're delighted that
he could be with us tonight.
1874
01:32:34,216 --> 01:32:36,518
Welcome, please,
Dr. Hunter Thompson.
1875
01:32:36,518 --> 01:32:39,888
- ( applause )
- Brinkley: HE HAD JUST
DELIVERED "HELL'S ANGELS"
1876
01:32:39,888 --> 01:32:41,890
"VEGAS,"
"CAMPAIGN TRAIL,"
1877
01:32:41,890 --> 01:32:44,627
AND ALL THOSE GREAT
"ROLLING STONE" PIECES.
1878
01:32:44,627 --> 01:32:47,696
PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW
WHERE THIS GUY WAS GONNA
STOP AT THAT POINT.
1879
01:32:47,696 --> 01:32:51,099
YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER
HE WOULD HAVE 30 YEARS
OF THIS KIND OF PRODUCTIVITY.
1880
01:32:51,099 --> 01:32:53,602
HE WAS--
HE WAS SO HOT.
1881
01:32:53,602 --> 01:32:56,639
HE'D GIVE A SPEECH
AT A COLLEGE
1882
01:32:56,639 --> 01:33:00,175
AND 20 WOMEN
WANTED TO PARTY
WITH HIM ALL NIGHT.
1883
01:33:00,175 --> 01:33:02,510
CLASSIC ROCK 'N' ROLL
ATTITUDE.
1884
01:33:02,510 --> 01:33:04,379
AND HUNTER SAW
ROCK STARS,
1885
01:33:04,379 --> 01:33:07,850
AND HE THOUGHT,
"WHY SHOULDN'T A WRITER
BE A ROCK STAR?"
1886
01:33:07,850 --> 01:33:11,754
HE BECAME
THAT ROCK 'N' ROLL--
TRASH THE HOTEL ROOM,
1887
01:33:11,754 --> 01:33:13,889
THROW THE TYPEWRITER
OUT THE WINDOW,
1888
01:33:13,889 --> 01:33:15,891
LET THE WOMEN IN,
TOO MUCH DRUGS--
1889
01:33:15,891 --> 01:33:18,226
MEANWHILE, THERE WAS
THIS OTHER SIDE OF HIM.
1890
01:33:18,226 --> 01:33:20,796
HE WAS THE SQUIRE
OF WOODY CREEK,
1891
01:33:20,796 --> 01:33:22,364
WHO HAD
A WIFE AND A KID.
1892
01:33:22,364 --> 01:33:24,800
( "Devil or Angel"
playing )
1893
01:33:29,437 --> 01:33:31,940
* DEVIL OR ANGEL *
1894
01:33:31,940 --> 01:33:35,577
* I CAN'T MAKE UP
MY MIND *
1895
01:33:35,577 --> 01:33:38,413
* WHICH ONE YOU ARE *
1896
01:33:38,413 --> 01:33:42,250
* I'D LIKE
TO WAKE UP AND FIND *
1897
01:33:42,250 --> 01:33:45,287
* DEVIL OR ANGEL *
1898
01:33:45,287 --> 01:33:48,256
* DEAR, WHEREVER YOU ARE *
1899
01:33:48,256 --> 01:33:51,426
* I MISS YOU,
I MISS YOU... *
1900
01:33:53,228 --> 01:33:55,297
Wright:
HERE WAS ALL THIS FAME,
1901
01:33:55,297 --> 01:33:57,365
ALL THESE FAMOUS PEOPLE,
1902
01:33:57,365 --> 01:33:59,935
ALL THESE
HANGER-ON GIRLS
1903
01:33:59,935 --> 01:34:01,904
AND PEOPLE COMING
INTO MY KITCHEN
1904
01:34:01,904 --> 01:34:03,405
WITH HEELS LIKE THIS.
1905
01:34:03,405 --> 01:34:04,907
WE LIVED OUT
IN WOODY CREEK--
1906
01:34:04,907 --> 01:34:09,712
AND IN TIGHT JEANS
AND STILETTOS
1907
01:34:09,712 --> 01:34:11,646
AND EVERYTHING GORGEOUS.
1908
01:34:11,646 --> 01:34:14,316
AND I SAID,
"WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
1909
01:34:14,316 --> 01:34:17,385
AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING
IN MY WORLD?"
1910
01:34:20,388 --> 01:34:23,391
Juan:
YOU DON'T THINK HOW
IT SHOULD BE DIFFERENT.
1911
01:34:23,391 --> 01:34:27,362
YOU JUST ACCEPT
THAT MY DAD GETS UP
AT 5:00 IN THE AFTERNOON
1912
01:34:27,362 --> 01:34:29,998
FOR THE 5:00 NEWS.
1913
01:34:29,998 --> 01:34:31,934
HE EATS BREAKFAST,
I EAT DINNER.
1914
01:34:31,934 --> 01:34:34,069
IT'S A SHAME
HE WASN'T AROUND MORE,
1915
01:34:34,069 --> 01:34:35,670
BUT THAT'S WHO HE WAS.
1916
01:34:37,339 --> 01:34:39,174
I MET HUNTER
IN JOHN BELUSHI'S
DRESSING ROOM
1917
01:34:39,174 --> 01:34:40,909
AT "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE."
1918
01:34:40,909 --> 01:34:43,145
HE WAS
THE ULTIMATE BAD BOY,
1919
01:34:43,145 --> 01:34:45,613
BUT WE BECAME
FANTASTIC FRIENDS.
1920
01:34:45,613 --> 01:34:48,917
AND ONE NIGHT
HE WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE
1921
01:34:48,917 --> 01:34:50,886
AND I GUESS BY THE WAY
HE WAS TALKING TO THEM--
1922
01:34:50,886 --> 01:34:52,554
WHEN HE HUNG UP I SAID,
"OH, WHO WAS THAT?"
1923
01:34:52,554 --> 01:34:54,656
AND HE SAID,
"WELL, THAT'S SONDI."
1924
01:34:54,656 --> 01:34:57,192
I SAID, "WELL, WHO'S SONDI?"
HE SAID, "MY WIFE,"
1925
01:34:57,192 --> 01:34:58,761
AND I SAID,
"YOUR WIFE?"
1926
01:35:00,428 --> 01:35:03,465
Brinkley:
MEANWHILE, HIS MARRIAGE
WAS GETTING VERY ROCKY,
1927
01:35:03,465 --> 01:35:05,968
HE WAS STARTING TO DRINK
AND DO TOO MANY DRUGS
1928
01:35:05,968 --> 01:35:08,536
AND FELL INTO FAME.
1929
01:35:08,536 --> 01:35:11,539
Caddell:
WHAT HAD GIVEN HIM
HIS STRENGTH--
1930
01:35:11,539 --> 01:35:13,241
HIS ANONYMITY-- WAS GONE.
1931
01:35:13,241 --> 01:35:15,944
BY WRITING AND BECOMING
THE POLITICAL REPORTER HE WAS,
1932
01:35:15,944 --> 01:35:18,981
HE HAD LOST THAT ANONYMITY
THAT HAD BEEN HIS CLOAK.
1933
01:35:18,981 --> 01:35:20,749
SO NOW HE WAS THE STORY.
1934
01:35:20,749 --> 01:35:22,617
I USED TO BE ABLE
TO STAND IN THE BACK
1935
01:35:22,617 --> 01:35:24,853
AND OBSERVE STORIES
AND ABSORB THEM.
1936
01:35:24,853 --> 01:35:27,589
NOW THE MINUTE
I APPEAR AT A STORY,
1937
01:35:27,589 --> 01:35:29,357
THEN I BECOME
PART OF IT.
1938
01:35:29,357 --> 01:35:31,794
FIRST TIME I WENT
TO A PRESS CONFERENCE
WITH JIMMY CARTER
1939
01:35:31,794 --> 01:35:33,762
I HAD TO SIGN
MORE AUTOGRAPHS
THAN CARTER SIGNED.
1940
01:35:35,430 --> 01:35:37,132
AND THE SECRET SERVICE HAD
NO IDEA WHO I WAS.
1941
01:35:37,132 --> 01:35:38,400
THEY THOUGHT I WAS
AN ASTRONAUT.
1942
01:35:39,868 --> 01:35:41,870
Wenner:
AT THAT POINT,
YOU KNOW, IT WAS HARD.
1943
01:35:41,870 --> 01:35:43,571
HOW DO YOU FIND STUFF
FOR HUNTER TO DO?
1944
01:35:43,571 --> 01:35:45,240
YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR A STORY THAT SOMEHOW
1945
01:35:45,240 --> 01:35:47,342
CAN TOP THE CAMPAIGN STORY
OR VEGAS,
1946
01:35:47,342 --> 01:35:49,444
SOMETHING BIG ENOUGH
FOR HIS TALENT.
1947
01:35:51,413 --> 01:35:54,016
GOING TO ZAIRE SEEMED
LIKE A NATURAL ASSIGNMENT
FOR HUNTER,
1948
01:35:54,016 --> 01:35:56,551
A BIG SPECTACLE,
HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT;
1949
01:35:56,551 --> 01:35:58,954
ALI, WHOM HE KNEW
OR HAD WRITTEN ABOUT BEFORE.
1950
01:35:58,954 --> 01:36:02,424
HE WENT.
STEADMAN CAME DOWN
FROM LONDON.
1951
01:36:02,424 --> 01:36:05,260
I'M GONNA RETIRE
THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
OF THE WORLD!
1952
01:36:05,260 --> 01:36:08,430
SEPTEMBER THE 25th,
THE WORLD WILL BE STUNNED!
1953
01:36:10,098 --> 01:36:12,935
Brinkley:
HIS HERO, NUMBER ONE,
WAS MUHAMMAD ALI.
1954
01:36:12,935 --> 01:36:14,937
HE USED TO ALWAYS SAY
THAT HE WAS RELATED
1955
01:36:14,937 --> 01:36:17,172
TO CASSIUS CLAY
IN THE BLOODLINE.
1956
01:36:17,172 --> 01:36:20,108
I'VE NEVER
FULLY BELIEVED IT--
1957
01:36:20,108 --> 01:36:22,845
IT COULD BE TRUE--
BUT HE LOVED TO SAY
1958
01:36:22,845 --> 01:36:25,547
THAT HE WAS BLOOD-RELATED
TO MUHAMMAD ALI.
1959
01:36:25,547 --> 01:36:27,782
HAH! SUCKER,
YOU AIN'T NOTHING.
1960
01:36:27,782 --> 01:36:31,419
YOU'RE TOO UGLY TO REPRESENT
US COLORED FOLKS.
1961
01:36:31,419 --> 01:36:34,022
Brinkley:
AND REMEMBER AGAIN,
MUHAMMAD ALI IS
1962
01:36:34,022 --> 01:36:35,657
THIS TOUCHSTONE
FOR HUNTER,
1963
01:36:35,657 --> 01:36:38,793
THAT THE KENTUCKY BOYS
ARE MAKING IT BIG.
1964
01:36:38,793 --> 01:36:42,430
- ( grunts )
YOU OUT, SUCKER.
- ( men chuckle )
1965
01:36:42,430 --> 01:36:45,533
Wolfe:
HE WENT TO ZAIRE TO COVER
THE RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE.
1966
01:36:45,533 --> 01:36:47,535
IT WAS
THE FOREGONE CONCLUSION
1967
01:36:47,535 --> 01:36:50,072
THAT GEORGE FOREMAN WAS
GOING TO KNOCK OUT
MUHAMMAD ALI.
1968
01:36:50,072 --> 01:36:51,639
THERE SEEMED TO BE NO WAY
1969
01:36:51,639 --> 01:36:53,475
THAT ALI COULD SURVIVE
THAT FIGHT.
1970
01:36:53,475 --> 01:36:55,677
( Hunter speaks )
1971
01:36:55,677 --> 01:36:57,612
( Steadman speaks )
1972
01:36:57,612 --> 01:36:59,547
( Hunter speaking )
1973
01:37:08,223 --> 01:37:09,491
( Hunter speaking )
1974
01:37:15,197 --> 01:37:17,132
( Hunter speaking )
1975
01:37:22,070 --> 01:37:23,738
( inhaling deeply )
1976
01:37:25,941 --> 01:37:28,676
HE STOPS, AND HE LOOKS UP
AT THE DRUG DEALER
AND HE SAYS...
1977
01:37:28,676 --> 01:37:30,612
( Hunter yelling )
1978
01:37:33,381 --> 01:37:35,317
( yelling )
1979
01:37:36,851 --> 01:37:39,955
YOU KNOW, AND IT GOT WORSE
AND WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE.
1980
01:37:39,955 --> 01:37:41,957
( Hunter yelling )
1981
01:37:41,957 --> 01:37:45,393
THIS WAS WHEN HUNTER GAVE
OUR TICKETS AWAY.
1982
01:37:45,393 --> 01:37:47,529
I CAN'T REMEMBER
WHAT I DID.
1983
01:37:47,529 --> 01:37:50,098
I JUST THINK
I TRIED TO WATCH IT
ON TELEVISION OR SOMETHING
1984
01:37:50,098 --> 01:37:51,799
SO I WOULD GET
SOME IDEA OF IT,
1985
01:37:51,799 --> 01:37:54,836
BUT HUNTER HAD GONE
DOWN TO THE POOL
1986
01:37:54,836 --> 01:37:56,972
WITH A BUCKET OF ICE
1987
01:37:56,972 --> 01:37:59,007
AND A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY,
1988
01:37:59,007 --> 01:38:00,976
DRINKING AND SMOKES--
HIS DUNHILLS.
1989
01:38:00,976 --> 01:38:03,611
AND HUNTER DECIDED TO...
1990
01:38:03,611 --> 01:38:05,513
TAKE A DIP IN THE POOL,
1991
01:38:05,513 --> 01:38:07,950
FLOAT IN THE POOL
AT THE HOTEL
1992
01:38:07,950 --> 01:38:09,751
THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE FIGHT.
1993
01:38:09,751 --> 01:38:12,287
( Hunter whoops )
1994
01:38:12,287 --> 01:38:14,722
Announcer:
30 seconds left
in round eight.
1995
01:38:15,991 --> 01:38:19,727
AS IT TURNED OUT,
IT WAS ONE OF THE...
1996
01:38:19,727 --> 01:38:21,696
CLASSIC FIGHTS
OF ALL TIME.
1997
01:38:21,696 --> 01:38:23,631
Announcer:
Another sneaky right hand.
1998
01:38:23,631 --> 01:38:25,467
This time he worked
over his shoulder.
1999
01:38:25,467 --> 01:38:27,469
Unbelievable!
2000
01:38:27,469 --> 01:38:30,005
( cheering )
2001
01:38:30,005 --> 01:38:32,407
( Hunter speaks )
2002
01:38:32,407 --> 01:38:36,311
Referee:
Four, five, six, seven--
2003
01:38:36,311 --> 01:38:38,313
( announcer yelling )
2004
01:38:38,313 --> 01:38:40,248
( Hunter speaks )
2005
01:38:49,958 --> 01:38:52,760
THIS WAS CALLED
THE BIGGEST FUCKED-UP
JOURNALISTIC STORY
2006
01:38:52,760 --> 01:38:54,596
IN THE HISTORY
OF JOURNALISM--
2007
01:38:54,596 --> 01:38:56,631
THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T
GET A STORY.
2008
01:38:56,631 --> 01:39:00,402
Wenner: ZAIRE WAS
HUNTER'S FIRST BIG FAILURE
AS AN ASSIGNMENT.
2009
01:39:00,402 --> 01:39:02,637
THERE WAS A BIG EXPENSE BILL--
WHICH I PAID FOR--
2010
01:39:02,637 --> 01:39:04,406
AND DIDN'T DO THE PIECE,
2011
01:39:04,406 --> 01:39:05,773
AND THAT WAS DISAPPOINTING
TO US ALL.
2012
01:39:05,773 --> 01:39:08,510
I THINK HUNTER FELT
A STRONG SENSE OF FAILURE.
2013
01:39:08,510 --> 01:39:12,380
THAT WAS KIND OF THE BEGINNING
OF A PERIOD OF DECLINE THERE.
2014
01:39:12,380 --> 01:39:15,717
HE, AS A WRITER,
A JOURNALIST AND A PERSON,
2015
01:39:15,717 --> 01:39:18,620
RAN UP AGAINST
SOME WALL THERE
OR A PERIOD THERE,
2016
01:39:18,620 --> 01:39:20,455
WHETHER IT WAS
COMING FROM EXHAUSTION
2017
01:39:20,455 --> 01:39:24,892
OR SOMETHING GOING
ON WITH HIS MARRIAGE--
SOMEWHERE HE JUST LOST IT.
2018
01:39:26,394 --> 01:39:29,231
Wright:
HUNTER CAME BACK
FROM AFRICA,
2019
01:39:29,231 --> 01:39:31,866
HE DIDN'T WAKE UP
FOR A DAY AND A HALF.
2020
01:39:31,866 --> 01:39:35,270
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
HE JUST COULDN'T WRITE.
2021
01:39:35,270 --> 01:39:36,771
HE COULDN'T PIECE
IT TOGETHER.
2022
01:39:36,771 --> 01:39:39,141
HIS LIFE REALLY CHANGED
AFTER THAT
2023
01:39:39,141 --> 01:39:42,710
AND HE KNEW THAT
HE WASN'T THE WRITER
THAT HE WANTED TO BE.
2024
01:39:42,710 --> 01:39:44,646
- ( chatting )
- * MAN... *
2025
01:39:48,516 --> 01:39:50,752
* YOU KNOW
I DONE ENJOYED THINGS *
2026
01:39:50,752 --> 01:39:53,855
* THAT KINGS AND QUEENS
WILL NEVER HAVE... *
2027
01:39:53,855 --> 01:39:56,158
Wenner:
HE STOPPED WRITING FULL-TIME
IN THE MID-'70s,
2028
01:39:56,158 --> 01:39:57,725
THEN HE'D JUST DO
THE ARTICLES.
2029
01:39:57,725 --> 01:39:59,527
PART OF WHAT HAPPENED
WAS I THINK
2030
01:39:59,527 --> 01:40:01,296
THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE
HANGING AROUND WOODY CREEK,
2031
01:40:01,296 --> 01:40:03,231
AND HE WAS VERY WELCOMING
AND ENJOYED IT ALL,
2032
01:40:03,231 --> 01:40:05,300
BUT IT REALLY MADE IT
DIFFICULT TO WORK.
2033
01:40:05,300 --> 01:40:08,303
"...SAFE FOR MY YOUNG SON."
2034
01:40:08,303 --> 01:40:10,438
( all laughing )
2035
01:40:10,438 --> 01:40:13,408
"BUT THE FRONT DOORS ARE
A DIFFERENT MATTER."
2036
01:40:13,408 --> 01:40:16,844
Brinkley: I WAS
A BIT OF A STRAIGHT MAN
ENTERING HIS CARNIVAL LIFE.
2037
01:40:16,844 --> 01:40:20,582
HE USED TO CALL
HIMSELF A DRUG-ADDLED
COMPOUND JUNKIE.
2038
01:40:20,582 --> 01:40:25,953
* AND GOOD TIMES, MMM *
2039
01:40:27,955 --> 01:40:30,592
* I HAVE HAD MY FUN... *
2040
01:40:34,096 --> 01:40:36,064
Stranahan:
I'D GO AROUND
TO TAKE CARE OF HUNTER.
2041
01:40:36,064 --> 01:40:38,400
IF HE CAN TOSS
THE HEINEKEN BOTTLE
AND CATCH IT,
2042
01:40:38,400 --> 01:40:40,034
HE HASN'T HAD
TOO MUCH TO DRINK.
2043
01:40:41,769 --> 01:40:44,706
AND HE BEGAN TO RETREAT
TO OWL FARM MORE AND MORE.
2044
01:40:48,243 --> 01:40:50,578
Juan:
THEN EVENTUALLY HE DIDN'T
REALLY GO OUT AT ALL.
2045
01:40:50,578 --> 01:40:52,247
I GUESS PEOPLE
CAME TO HIM.
2046
01:40:54,149 --> 01:40:55,750
Wenner:
HE WAS WRITING
OCCASIONAL COLUMNS
2047
01:40:55,750 --> 01:40:57,685
FOR THE "EXAMINER"
AND HE DID THAT "LONO" BOOK.
2048
01:40:57,685 --> 01:41:00,322
THEY WERE ALL RIGHT.
2049
01:41:00,322 --> 01:41:02,324
BUT HE WROTE
THREE PIECES,
2050
01:41:02,324 --> 01:41:05,360
JUST-- THEY WERE
JUST BRILLIANT.
2051
01:41:05,360 --> 01:41:09,097
ELKO, PULITZER, "POLO"--
THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL,
2052
01:41:09,097 --> 01:41:11,733
BUT HIS WORK NEVER GOT
QUITE BACK TO THOSE LEVELS.
2053
01:41:11,733 --> 01:41:14,302
IT WAS
ALL JUST REPETITIVE,
2054
01:41:14,302 --> 01:41:17,339
NOT FUNNY
GOOFBALL STUFF.
2055
01:41:17,339 --> 01:41:19,341
HUNTER WANTED A PERSONA,
2056
01:41:19,341 --> 01:41:22,043
BUT HE BECAME A HOSTAGE
TO THAT PERSONA
2057
01:41:22,043 --> 01:41:23,811
AS HE GOT OLDER AND OLDER
2058
01:41:23,811 --> 01:41:27,081
AND HE WAS BEING RIDICULED
AS A COMIC-BOOK CHARACTER.
2059
01:41:28,583 --> 01:41:30,585
WHEN GARRY TRUDEAU
FIRST MADE DUKE
2060
01:41:30,585 --> 01:41:32,187
A CHARACTER
IN DOONESBURY
2061
01:41:32,187 --> 01:41:34,055
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY,
LITERALLY,
2062
01:41:34,055 --> 01:41:36,090
THE RAOUL DUKE CHARACTER
THAT HUNTER INVENTED.
2063
01:41:36,090 --> 01:41:37,725
IT WAS HUNTER'S
LITERARY PROPERTY.
2064
01:41:37,725 --> 01:41:41,296
SO I THINK HE SHOULD'VE--
HE COULD HAVE AND--
2065
01:41:41,296 --> 01:41:43,131
IN RETROSPECT--
SHOULD HAVE STOPPED THAT.
2066
01:41:48,570 --> 01:41:50,572
BUT THEN HE SAID,
"WHAT CAN I DO?
2067
01:41:50,572 --> 01:41:53,841
I DECIDED TO OWN IT.
THEY WANT TO SEE UNCLE DUKE?
2068
01:41:53,841 --> 01:41:56,244
I'LL GIVE 'EM UNCLE DUKE
TIMES FIVE."
2069
01:42:04,552 --> 01:42:06,588
- WOW.
- Man: YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN?
2070
01:42:06,588 --> 01:42:09,023
Caddell:
HE HATED "DOONESBURY."
HE HATED BEING A CARICATURE.
2071
01:42:09,023 --> 01:42:11,025
HE ALSO LOVED
BEING A STAR,
2072
01:42:11,025 --> 01:42:13,528
BUT ALSO IT INTERFERED
WITH HIM BEING A REPORTER,
2073
01:42:13,528 --> 01:42:15,630
WHICH IS WHAT
HE WANTED TO BE.
2074
01:42:15,630 --> 01:42:17,232
Hunter:
IF YOU WANT TO BE
A FAMOUS AMERICAN WRITER,
2075
01:42:17,232 --> 01:42:19,234
YOU DON'T REALLY THINK OF...
2076
01:42:19,234 --> 01:42:21,936
BEING IN THE COMIC STRIPS,
2077
01:42:21,936 --> 01:42:23,571
- YOU KNOW, BEING--
- ( ice clatters )
2078
01:42:23,571 --> 01:42:25,006
OH, ARE WE DOING THINGS
LIKE THAT?
2079
01:42:25,006 --> 01:42:26,608
YES, IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA
2080
01:42:26,608 --> 01:42:29,076
AND IT WILL BE ON FILM,
WON'T IT? MMM.
2081
01:42:29,076 --> 01:42:31,613
HUNTER DID BECOME,
IN A WAY, A PRISONER
OF HIS OWN FAME.
2082
01:42:34,582 --> 01:42:37,752
Wright:
I WAS GETTING MORE
DISTRAUGHT WITH HIS FAME.
2083
01:42:37,752 --> 01:42:39,821
IT WAS TOTAL CHAOS
IN THE HOUSE.
2084
01:42:39,821 --> 01:42:44,559
JUST THOUGHTS
OF BOOZE, DRUGS,
2085
01:42:44,559 --> 01:42:48,430
STAYING UP FOR DAYS
AND PARTIES.
2086
01:42:48,430 --> 01:42:51,466
AND LITTLE DID I KNOW
HE WAS HAVING AFFAIRS
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
2087
01:42:51,466 --> 01:42:55,470
IT WAS UNHEALTHY FOR ME,
IT WAS UNHEALTHY FOR MY SON.
2088
01:42:55,470 --> 01:42:58,873
Brinkley:
EVENTUALLY SONDI
UNCOVERED A TAPE
2089
01:42:58,873 --> 01:43:00,442
OF A WOMAN
THAT HE WAS WITH.
2090
01:43:00,442 --> 01:43:04,846
Woman:
I'm gonna burn up
with unfulfilled desire
2091
01:43:04,846 --> 01:43:08,216
if I have to stay here
one more minute alone.
2092
01:43:08,216 --> 01:43:11,619
( Hunter speaks )
2093
01:43:11,619 --> 01:43:15,122
No, I don't want
the delivery boy.
I want you.
2094
01:43:17,225 --> 01:43:19,060
( woman giggles )
2095
01:43:19,060 --> 01:43:20,695
Wright:
SO I REMEMBER SITTING
ON THE PHONE,
2096
01:43:20,695 --> 01:43:22,897
I LOOKED UP AT HIM
AND I SAID,
2097
01:43:22,897 --> 01:43:24,999
"YOU KNOW I CAN'T
DO THIS ANYMORE.
2098
01:43:24,999 --> 01:43:28,202
I'M GONNA HAVE TO
HAVE A DIVORCE."
2099
01:43:28,202 --> 01:43:30,071
WELL...
( mimics explosion )
2100
01:43:30,071 --> 01:43:33,275
HE JUST BLEW UP
AND THEN I GOT SCARED
2101
01:43:33,275 --> 01:43:37,345
AND I ENDED UP
CALLING THE SHERIFF.
2102
01:43:37,345 --> 01:43:39,747
AND A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY
COMES OUT TO THE HOUSE.
2103
01:43:39,747 --> 01:43:42,350
THE GUYS SAYS...
2104
01:43:42,350 --> 01:43:44,819
"UM, DOES HE HAVE
ANY GUNS?"
2105
01:43:44,819 --> 01:43:47,054
AND I SAID,
"'DOES HE HAVE ANY GUNS?'
2106
01:43:47,054 --> 01:43:49,156
HE HAS 22 GUNS
2107
01:43:49,156 --> 01:43:51,359
AND EVERY ONE
IS LOADED."
2108
01:43:52,560 --> 01:43:54,762
- ( gunshot )
- Woman: HEY!
2109
01:43:54,762 --> 01:43:56,431
( mumbles )
2110
01:43:56,431 --> 01:43:58,700
Brinkley:
IT WAS NOT AN EASY DIVORCE
FOR HUNTER.
2111
01:43:58,700 --> 01:44:02,270
HE REFUSED
TO LEAVE OWL FARM.
2112
01:44:02,270 --> 01:44:05,239
SANDY SAID, "THE ONLY THING
HE OWNS IS THIS LAND.
2113
01:44:05,239 --> 01:44:07,675
I HAVE TO HAVE HALF
OF WHAT HUNTER OWNS,
2114
01:44:07,675 --> 01:44:10,111
'CAUSE I'M DIVORCING HIM.
2115
01:44:10,111 --> 01:44:11,579
AND I DON'T WANT
HALF THE LAND
2116
01:44:11,579 --> 01:44:13,448
BECAUSE I HAVE TO LIVE
NEXT TO THE SON OF A BITCH."
2117
01:44:13,448 --> 01:44:17,084
SO I GOT TO BUY
MY LAND BACK.
2118
01:44:17,084 --> 01:44:19,754
WELL, I'D GIVEN IT
TO HUNTER.
2119
01:44:19,754 --> 01:44:22,890
SO THEN I ENDED UP
MAKING PAYMENTS TO SONDI
FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS.
2120
01:44:22,890 --> 01:44:24,826
BUZZ OFF!
I'M GOING TO FLORIDA.
2121
01:44:24,826 --> 01:44:27,094
Brinkley:
HE COULDN'T WRITE.
2122
01:44:27,094 --> 01:44:29,464
HE WAS
COMPLETELY SHATTERED
2123
01:44:29,464 --> 01:44:31,899
AND JIMMY BUFFET CAME
TO HIS RESCUE
2124
01:44:31,899 --> 01:44:34,068
AND ALLOWED HIM
TO COME DOWN
2125
01:44:34,068 --> 01:44:36,404
AND STAY AT HIS HOUSE
IN KEY WEST FREE OF CHARGE.
2126
01:44:36,404 --> 01:44:40,575
* WASTING AWAY AGAIN
IN MARGARITAVILLE... *
2127
01:44:40,575 --> 01:44:43,611
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
2128
01:44:43,611 --> 01:44:47,482
* SEARCHING FOR MY
LOST SUGAR AND SALT... *
2129
01:44:47,482 --> 01:44:49,884
Hunter:
YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN PEOPLE
DRIVE SO FUCKING SLOWLY.
2130
01:44:49,884 --> 01:44:52,420
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
YOU DIRTY SONS OF BITCHES.
2131
01:44:52,420 --> 01:44:54,856
MOVE OVER. GO GET
IN THE FAST LANE,
YOU COCKSUCKERS.
2132
01:44:59,026 --> 01:45:00,628
Buffet:
THE FIRST THING I SEE IS
2133
01:45:00,628 --> 01:45:02,464
"GONZO JOURNALIST
COMES TO KEY WEST,"
2134
01:45:02,464 --> 01:45:04,866
FRONT PAGE,
FUCKING "MIAMI HERALD."
2135
01:45:04,866 --> 01:45:07,234
HUNTER'S STRETCHED OUT
IN MY APARTMENT.
2136
01:45:07,234 --> 01:45:09,437
AND THEN ALL
OF A SUDDEN, I GOT A CALL
FROM MY ACCOUNTANT.
2137
01:45:09,437 --> 01:45:11,439
HE SAID, "WHAT'S THIS
2138
01:45:11,439 --> 01:45:14,476
$9,000 TELEPHONE BILL?"
AND I WENT...
2139
01:45:14,476 --> 01:45:17,545
"OH MY GOD,
HUNTER'S DOWN THERE
AND I LEFT THE PHONE ON."
2140
01:45:17,545 --> 01:45:19,647
AND LIKE ALWAYS...
2141
01:45:19,647 --> 01:45:23,518
THEN HE GOT A BOAT
AND I THOUGHT, "OH, JESUS."
2142
01:45:23,518 --> 01:45:27,922
YOU KNOW, I EXPECTED
TO READ THE OBITUARY
DURING THOSE DAYS.
2143
01:45:27,922 --> 01:45:32,727
* IF I HAD A BOAT,
I'D GO OUT ON THE OCEAN *
2144
01:45:32,727 --> 01:45:34,929
* AND IF I HAD A PONY *
2145
01:45:34,929 --> 01:45:37,965
* I'D RIDE HIM
ON MY BOAT *
2146
01:45:37,965 --> 01:45:40,234
* AND WE COULD
ALL TOGETHER *
2147
01:45:40,234 --> 01:45:42,970
* GO OUT ON THE OCEAN *
2148
01:45:42,970 --> 01:45:47,375
* I SAID ME UPON MY PONY
ON MY BOAT *
2149
01:45:47,375 --> 01:45:50,878
* I SAID
ME UPON MY PONY *
2150
01:45:50,878 --> 01:45:55,149
* ON MY BOAT. *
2151
01:45:55,149 --> 01:45:58,085
Anita on tape:
Say hello to the dolphins.
Well, hello.
2152
01:45:58,085 --> 01:46:00,755
Okay.
2153
01:46:00,755 --> 01:46:02,990
Anita:
WELL, THE FIRST TIME
I MET HUNTER,
2154
01:46:02,990 --> 01:46:06,728
IT WAS JUST KIND OF A--
BIG WRITER THAT I WAS
CURIOUS ABOUT.
2155
01:46:06,728 --> 01:46:10,131
WHEN WE GOT MARRIED,
HE PROMISED ME 10 YEARS.
2156
01:46:10,131 --> 01:46:13,601
I JUST FIGURED HE WAS
SUCH A POWERFUL FORCE
2157
01:46:13,601 --> 01:46:15,236
THAT HE WOULD KNOW.
2158
01:46:15,236 --> 01:46:18,473
IF HE SAID 10 YEARS,
THAT MEANT 10 YEARS.
2159
01:46:18,473 --> 01:46:21,809
HE HAD TALKED
ABOUT SUICIDE A LOT
SINCE I'VE KNOWN HIM,
2160
01:46:21,809 --> 01:46:24,712
AND NOW I KNOW,
TALKING TO HIS FORMER WIFE
2161
01:46:24,712 --> 01:46:27,281
AND OTHER GIRLFRIENDS,
THAT HE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT
ALL THE TIME.
2162
01:46:29,451 --> 01:46:31,419
Depp:
"TROUBLE CAN COME AT YOU
2163
01:46:31,419 --> 01:46:32,954
FROM ANY DIRECTION
THESE DAYS,
2164
01:46:32,954 --> 01:46:35,322
LIKE BEING CHASED THROUGH
A CROWDED PARKING LOT
2165
01:46:35,322 --> 01:46:37,291
BY A PACK
OF VICIOUS STRAY DOGS.
2166
01:46:37,291 --> 01:46:40,928
THE WORLD'S SITUATION HAS
BECOME SO NERVOUS AND WRONG
2167
01:46:40,928 --> 01:46:43,397
THAT DISASTERS THAT
WOULD'VE BEEN INCONCEIVABLE
2168
01:46:43,397 --> 01:46:47,569
TWO YEARS AGO ARE
ALMOST COMMONPLACE TODAY."
2169
01:46:47,569 --> 01:46:49,571
Anita:
I DID START
TO WORRY ABOUT HIM
2170
01:46:49,571 --> 01:46:51,506
RIGHT AFTER
THE BUSH ELECTION.
2171
01:46:51,506 --> 01:46:53,675
THAT I THINK
WAS THE TRIGGER.
2172
01:46:53,675 --> 01:46:55,577
HE DIDN'T GET ANGRY,
HE JUST GOT DEPRESSED.
2173
01:46:55,577 --> 01:46:57,745
YOU KNOW, I COULD HANDLE
WHEN HE WAS ANGRY,
2174
01:46:57,745 --> 01:47:00,281
FEISTY OR SULKY--
2175
01:47:00,281 --> 01:47:03,150
ANYTHING BUT DEPRESSED
OR SOMETHING I WASN'T USED TO.
2176
01:47:03,150 --> 01:47:06,988
* Goodbye,
Norma Jean... *
2177
01:47:06,988 --> 01:47:11,125
THERE ARE CERTAIN MOMENTS
THAT I'M REALLY GLAD
I HAD THE CAMERA.
2178
01:47:11,125 --> 01:47:14,361
THERE'S A MOMENT
I WALK OUT ONTO THE BALCONY--
2179
01:47:14,361 --> 01:47:17,899
HE HAD BEEN LISTENING
TO "CANDLE IN THE WIND"
OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
2180
01:47:17,899 --> 01:47:19,734
THERE WAS A LOOK
OF A GRIN,
2181
01:47:19,734 --> 01:47:21,603
LIKE A ROGUISH EYE
IN HIS EYE
2182
01:47:21,603 --> 01:47:23,605
WHEN HE WAS
ABOUT TO HAVE SOME FUN.
2183
01:47:23,605 --> 01:47:25,740
Whoo-hoo-hoo.
2184
01:47:27,141 --> 01:47:29,477
Anita:
SEEING HIM
LOOK AT THE KEYS--
2185
01:47:29,477 --> 01:47:31,513
ESPECIALLY TO MUSIC--
WHEN HE WAS HAVING FUN,
2186
01:47:31,513 --> 01:47:34,181
YOU COULD
SEE IT IN HIS FACE
AND ALSO ON THE PAGE.
2187
01:47:34,181 --> 01:47:36,383
* I would have liked
to have known you *
2188
01:47:36,383 --> 01:47:40,488
* Oh, but I was
just a kid *
2189
01:47:40,488 --> 01:47:43,157
* Your candle burned out
long before... *
2190
01:47:43,157 --> 01:47:44,792
( both laughing )
2191
01:47:46,293 --> 01:47:50,665
- * Your legend ever did. *
- I feel wet.
2192
01:47:52,199 --> 01:47:54,335
Anita on tape:
Uh-oh. Good.
2193
01:47:54,335 --> 01:47:58,239
WHEN HE DID DIE, HIS WORDS
TOOK ON A NEW SPARKLE,
2194
01:47:58,239 --> 01:48:01,208
MAYBE BECAUSE
THEY ARE FINITE NOW.
2195
01:48:01,208 --> 01:48:03,511
WE HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT.
2196
01:48:03,511 --> 01:48:07,982
AND JUST THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE THE WORDS
IS A LUCKY THING.
2197
01:48:07,982 --> 01:48:09,817
I MEAN, IMAGINE IN
A TWISTED UNIVERSE
2198
01:48:09,817 --> 01:48:12,687
WHEN HE DIED
IF SOMEHOW HE TOOK
2199
01:48:12,687 --> 01:48:14,421
HIS WORDS WITH HIM,
HIS WORK.
2200
01:48:17,091 --> 01:48:19,293
- ( grapefruit thuds )
- Anita: OH, COME ON, HUNTER.
2201
01:48:19,293 --> 01:48:21,596
- THAT WAS NOT COOL AT ALL.
- I WAS TOSSING IT TO YOU.
2202
01:48:21,596 --> 01:48:23,798
- NO, YOU WEREN'T.
- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
2203
01:48:23,798 --> 01:48:26,500
- I DIDN'T HIT HIM
IN THE HEAD LIKE THAT.
- Anita: THAT'S ENOUGH.
2204
01:48:26,500 --> 01:48:29,804
Wolfe:
TO FEEL COMPELLED
TO BE GONZO ALL THE TIME
2205
01:48:29,804 --> 01:48:32,674
MUST HAVE BEEN A BURDEN
ON HIS POOR MIND.
2206
01:48:32,674 --> 01:48:36,143
HE WAS SO IDENTIFIED
WITH THE LIFE HE'S DESCRIBED,
2207
01:48:36,143 --> 01:48:39,480
IT WAS HARD FOR HIM
NOT TO BE IN COSTUME,
2208
01:48:39,480 --> 01:48:42,950
NOT TO BE THE ACTOR
THAT WAS REQUIRED.
2209
01:48:42,950 --> 01:48:46,420
HUNTER MUST
HAVE FELT TRAPPED--
TRAPPED IN GONZO.
2210
01:48:51,025 --> 01:48:53,227
Hunter:
SO, I'M REALLY
IN THE WAY AS A PERSON.
2211
01:48:53,227 --> 01:48:55,496
THE MYTH HAS TAKEN OVER
2212
01:48:55,496 --> 01:48:58,265
AND I FIND MYSELF,
YOU KNOW, AN APPENDAGE.
2213
01:48:58,265 --> 01:48:59,466
I'M...
2214
01:49:01,035 --> 01:49:04,238
I'M NO LONGER NECESSARY.
I'M IN THE WAY.
2215
01:49:04,238 --> 01:49:06,207
IT'D BE MUCH BETTER
IF I DIED,
2216
01:49:06,207 --> 01:49:08,910
THEN PEOPLE COULD TAKE
THE MYTH AND MAKE FILMS.
2217
01:49:58,860 --> 01:50:00,294
LIKE, WHEN I GO OUT TO--
2218
01:50:00,294 --> 01:50:02,496
WHEN I GOT INVITED TO SPEAK
AT, SAY, UNIVERSITIES,
2219
01:50:02,496 --> 01:50:04,799
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE
INVITING DUKE OR THOMPSON.
2220
01:50:04,799 --> 01:50:06,668
so I'm not sure
who to be--
2221
01:50:06,668 --> 01:50:08,636
SO I'M NOT SURE WHO TO BE.
2222
01:50:08,636 --> 01:50:11,272
I suppose that my plans
are to figure out
some new identity.
2223
01:50:11,272 --> 01:50:13,908
You know, I have
to kill off one life
and start another one--
2224
01:50:13,908 --> 01:50:15,643
KILL OFF ONE LIFE
AND START ANOTHER ONE.
2225
01:50:15,643 --> 01:50:18,079
( "Mr. Tambourine Man"
playing )
2226
01:50:20,882 --> 01:50:25,720
* HEY, MR. TAMBOURINE MAN,
PLAY A SONG FOR ME *
2227
01:50:25,720 --> 01:50:27,689
- * I'M NOT SLEEPY... *
- ( gunshot )
2228
01:50:27,689 --> 01:50:31,558
* AND THERE IS
NO PLACE I'M GOING TO... *
2229
01:50:31,558 --> 01:50:34,061
Juan:
IT WAS NO SECRET THAT
2230
01:50:34,061 --> 01:50:35,830
THAT'S THE WAY
HE WOULD DIE.
2231
01:50:35,830 --> 01:50:38,666
HE'D MADE THAT CLEAR
MANY YEARS BEFORE,
2232
01:50:38,666 --> 01:50:41,268
THAT WHEN THE TIME CAME,
HE WAS GONNA--
2233
01:50:41,268 --> 01:50:42,804
HE WAS GONNA
TAKE HIMSELF OUT
2234
01:50:42,804 --> 01:50:44,806
AND IT WOULD BE
WITH A GUN.
2235
01:50:44,806 --> 01:50:48,242
SO THAT--
THAT WAS NO SURPRISE.
2236
01:50:48,242 --> 01:50:51,913
BUT IT'S ONE THING
TO KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT,
2237
01:50:51,913 --> 01:50:53,781
YOU KNOW,
HE WAS GONNA KILL HIMSELF
2238
01:50:53,781 --> 01:50:56,217
AND IT'S ANOTHER
WHEN IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
2239
01:50:56,217 --> 01:50:58,986
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM
2240
01:50:58,986 --> 01:51:00,822
THAT WE WERE THERE.
2241
01:51:00,822 --> 01:51:03,457
IT WAS A SUNNY AFTERNOON
IN THE WINTER
2242
01:51:03,457 --> 01:51:05,426
AND IT WAS JUST
A VERY PEACEFUL TIME.
2243
01:51:05,426 --> 01:51:07,995
HIS FAMILY WAS THERE
AND HE DECIDED
2244
01:51:07,995 --> 01:51:10,564
"ALL RIGHT, THIS IS
A GOOD TIME TO GO OUT."
2245
01:51:10,564 --> 01:51:11,966
IT SOUNDS KIND OF SAPPY,
2246
01:51:11,966 --> 01:51:14,902
BUT IT WAS
A WARM FAMILY MOMENT.
2247
01:51:14,902 --> 01:51:18,039
* I'M READY
TO GO ANYWHERE *
2248
01:51:18,039 --> 01:51:20,674
* I'M READY FOR TO FADE... *
2249
01:51:20,674 --> 01:51:23,477
Steadman:
WHEN HE DID IT,
JUAN WAS IN THE NEXT ROOM
2250
01:51:23,477 --> 01:51:26,013
AND HE SAID,
"WHEN IT HAPPENED
2251
01:51:26,013 --> 01:51:28,349
I THOUGHT
I HEARD A BOOK DROP."
2252
01:51:28,349 --> 01:51:30,017
( book thuds )
2253
01:51:30,017 --> 01:51:31,552
IT WENT LIKE THAT.
2254
01:51:31,552 --> 01:51:34,488
JUAN WENT OUTSIDE
WITH A GUN
2255
01:51:34,488 --> 01:51:36,858
AND SHOT THREE TIMES
INTO THE AIR.
2256
01:51:36,858 --> 01:51:39,560
( three gunshots )
2257
01:51:39,560 --> 01:51:41,095
Steadman:
IT WAS A KIND OF
SALUTE TO HIM
2258
01:51:41,095 --> 01:51:43,430
AS MUCH AS ANYTHING--
OR SHOCK.
2259
01:51:45,733 --> 01:51:49,236
Wright:
HUNTER WAS VERY MUCH
ABOUT PRESERVING A LEGACY,
2260
01:51:49,236 --> 01:51:51,839
AND THIS WAS PERFECT.
2261
01:51:51,839 --> 01:51:53,707
THIS WAS ROMANTIC.
2262
01:51:53,707 --> 01:51:56,577
AND IN A LOT
OF PEOPLE'S MINDS,
2263
01:51:56,577 --> 01:52:00,514
IT WAS A VERY STRONG ACT.
IT WAS A NOBLE ACT.
2264
01:52:00,514 --> 01:52:03,050
"GO OUT WHEN
YOU'RE ON TOP."
HE WASN'T ON TOP.
2265
01:52:03,050 --> 01:52:06,187
HE WAS NOWHERE
NEAR ON TOP.
2266
01:52:06,187 --> 01:52:08,555
BUT SOME PEOPLE
THOUGHT THAT,
2267
01:52:08,555 --> 01:52:12,126
AND SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT
IT WAS A VERY COURAGEOUS ACT.
2268
01:52:12,126 --> 01:52:14,661
I THINK
JUST THE OPPOSITE.
2269
01:52:14,661 --> 01:52:17,131
I THINK THIS IS A TIME
2270
01:52:17,131 --> 01:52:19,566
WHEN A TOGETHER
HUNTER THOMPSON
2271
01:52:19,566 --> 01:52:23,337
COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN THIS COUNTRY.
2272
01:52:23,337 --> 01:52:25,773
* I WOULDN'T
PAY IT ANY MIND *
2273
01:52:25,773 --> 01:52:28,009
* IT'S JUST A SHADOW
YOU'RE SEEING *
2274
01:52:28,009 --> 01:52:30,011
* THAT HE'S CHASING... *
2275
01:52:30,011 --> 01:52:32,980
Buffet:
IT'S A TRAGIC MISTAKE.
I WISH HE WAS STILL HERE.
2276
01:52:32,980 --> 01:52:35,850
I WISH THERE WAS STILL
A HUNTER AROUND TO TALK TO.
2277
01:52:35,850 --> 01:52:38,986
IT'S AN AMAZING THING.
YOU THINK ON ONE SIDE
2278
01:52:38,986 --> 01:52:42,356
IT'S FUN TO REMINISCE,
BUT ITS SAD THAT HE'S GONE.
2279
01:52:42,356 --> 01:52:45,292
WE COULD HAVE USED
A FEW MORE YEARS OF HUNTER.
2280
01:52:45,292 --> 01:52:48,796
HE COULD WIELD
A PRETTY EFFECTIVE SWORD
2281
01:52:48,796 --> 01:52:50,431
AGAINST WHAT'S
GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
2282
01:52:50,431 --> 01:52:54,068
* I'LL COME
FOLLOWIN' YOU... *
2283
01:52:56,170 --> 01:52:59,673
( Wenner speaking )
2284
01:52:59,673 --> 01:53:01,775
YOU KNOW, JUST ALL OF IT.
2285
01:53:01,775 --> 01:53:03,344
JUST ALL OF IT.
2286
01:53:06,981 --> 01:53:09,750
HUNTER, NO!
YOU BASTARD!
2287
01:53:09,750 --> 01:53:11,752
- ( Hunter chuckles )
- FUCKHEAD!
2288
01:53:11,752 --> 01:53:15,289
- OH SHIT.
- Hunter: YOU'RE OKAY.
2289
01:53:18,292 --> 01:53:20,094
I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT.
2290
01:53:20,094 --> 01:53:22,029
( fire roars )
2291
01:53:23,264 --> 01:53:25,266
Buchanan:
HE FLAMED OUT TOO QUICKLY,
2292
01:53:25,266 --> 01:53:27,902
BECAUSE OF THE WAY
HE LIVED HIS LIFE
2293
01:53:27,902 --> 01:53:29,803
AND CHOSE
TO LIVE HIS LIFE.
2294
01:53:29,803 --> 01:53:32,739
SO IN MY VIEW IT WAS--
IT WAS SELF-INDULGENT.
2295
01:53:32,739 --> 01:53:34,741
MAYBE THAT'S WHAT
HE WANTED TO DO,
2296
01:53:34,741 --> 01:53:38,145
BUT HE HAD SO MUCH MORE
HE COULD GIVE HIS READERS
2297
01:53:38,145 --> 01:53:41,082
AND HIS PEOPLE...
AND HIMSELF.
2298
01:53:41,082 --> 01:53:43,017
( motorcycle
roars loudly )
2299
01:53:46,753 --> 01:53:48,755
THAT'S FITTING.
THAT'S FITTING.
2300
01:53:48,755 --> 01:53:51,692
- Man: THAT'S FITTING
FOR HUNTER.
- A MOTORCYCLE...
2301
01:53:51,692 --> 01:53:54,828
- ( men laughing )
- ...ROARS OFF.
2302
01:53:56,230 --> 01:53:58,032
OKAY.
2303
01:54:00,167 --> 01:54:02,236
Steadman:
IT SEEMS WE'RE HERE
TODAY TO DISCUSS
2304
01:54:02,236 --> 01:54:04,271
SOME KIND IDEA
FOR A MONUMENT.
2305
01:54:04,271 --> 01:54:06,473
IF I SHOW YOU THIS--
THIS IS THE BASIC IDEA,
2306
01:54:06,473 --> 01:54:08,142
BUT ACTUALLY,
HUNTER HASN'T
APPROVED IT YET.
2307
01:54:08,142 --> 01:54:10,044
IT'S JUST
A THOUGHT, YEAH.
2308
01:54:10,044 --> 01:54:12,479
HE LIVES IN ASPEN
2309
01:54:12,479 --> 01:54:14,882
- IN COLORADO.
- Man: THAT IS DIFFERENT.
2310
01:54:14,882 --> 01:54:17,851
IS THIS SOMETHING
THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO DO
2311
01:54:17,851 --> 01:54:20,287
- IN THE NEAR FUTURE?
- Hunter: HE'S WRITTEN--
2312
01:54:20,287 --> 01:54:23,657
- I'M NOT SURE.
- I MEAN YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT SOMETHING
2313
01:54:23,657 --> 01:54:25,726
THAT MAYBE YOU WANT
TO DO AFTER YOU DIE.
2314
01:54:25,726 --> 01:54:28,829
OH, YEAH,
IT'S IN THE WILL.
IT'S ALL DESCRIBED.
2315
01:54:28,829 --> 01:54:32,499
IT'S GONNA BE
A LITTLE HARD TO DO,
PARTICULARLY WITH ME GONE.
2316
01:54:32,499 --> 01:54:35,937
THIS RIM OF MOUNTAINS
IS A GIANT VALLEY
20 MILES ACROSS.
2317
01:54:35,937 --> 01:54:38,439
- IS THIS PROPERTY
THAT YOU OWN NOW?
- Hunter: YEAH.
2318
01:54:38,439 --> 01:54:40,107
THE PROPERTY GOES BACK
OVER THE CLIFFS,
2319
01:54:40,107 --> 01:54:42,509
SO I CAN DO WHATEVER--
IF I WANTED TO BUILD A...
2320
01:54:44,211 --> 01:54:46,213
McDONALD'S,
I COULD DO IT BACK THERE.
2321
01:54:46,213 --> 01:54:48,815
( "Spirit in the Sky"
playing )
2322
01:54:59,260 --> 01:55:01,963
Hunter:
IT'S GONNA BE A PILE
OF ROCKS ABOUT 100' TALL.
2323
01:55:01,963 --> 01:55:05,132
* WHEN I DIE
AND THEY LAY ME TO REST... *
2324
01:55:05,132 --> 01:55:07,034
A GIANT CONE-- CONICAL.
2325
01:55:07,034 --> 01:55:09,070
GOING AROUND
AND TAPERING DOWN
TO THE TOP.
2326
01:55:09,070 --> 01:55:11,672
ABOUT EVERY TWO YEARS,
THE DOCTOR TELLS ME
I'M GONNA DIE.
2327
01:55:11,672 --> 01:55:14,175
FOR ALL I KNOW,
SOMEHOW I MIGHT LIVE
FOR 10 MORE YEARS.
2328
01:55:14,175 --> 01:55:17,478
WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING--
NONE OF US KNOW HOW LONG
WE'RE GONNA LIVE.
2329
01:55:20,481 --> 01:55:22,049
ON TOP OF THE BIG ARM,
2330
01:55:22,049 --> 01:55:24,751
A DOUBLE-- A FIST
WITH DOUBLE THUMBS--
THE SYMBOL.
2331
01:55:24,751 --> 01:55:26,687
I'VE TOLD YOU
1,000 TIMES FOR 10 YEARS--
2332
01:55:26,687 --> 01:55:28,555
YOU'VE GOT TO PUT
TWO THUMBS ON THE FIST.
2333
01:55:28,555 --> 01:55:31,625
Steadman:
IT'S BETTER THAN NO THUMB,
WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAD.
2334
01:55:31,625 --> 01:55:35,262
* SO YOU KNOW
THAT WHEN YOU DIE *
2335
01:55:35,262 --> 01:55:37,398
* HE'S GONNA RECOMMEND YOU *
2336
01:55:37,398 --> 01:55:39,466
* TO THE SPIRIT
IN THE SKY *
2337
01:55:39,466 --> 01:55:43,637
* GONNA RECOMMEND YOU
TO THE SPIRIT IN THE SKY *
2338
01:55:43,637 --> 01:55:47,641
* THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE
GONNA GO WHEN YOU DIE *
2339
01:55:47,641 --> 01:55:50,277
* WHEN YOU DIE AND THEY
LAY YOU TO REST... *
2340
01:55:50,277 --> 01:55:53,180
Hunter:
AFTER THE CREMATION, THEY PUT
THE ASHES IN A CANISTER
2341
01:55:53,180 --> 01:55:56,550
AND SHOOT IT OUT
OF THE TOP OF THE FIST
OVER THE VALLEY.
2342
01:55:56,550 --> 01:55:59,186
SAY 500' UP, IT EXPLODES
2343
01:55:59,186 --> 01:56:00,921
AND THE ASHES DRIFT OUT
ALL OVER THERE.
2344
01:56:00,921 --> 01:56:04,391
THAT I DO KNOW ABOUT.
WE PLACE ASHES IN
DIFFERENT AREAS.
2345
01:56:04,391 --> 01:56:07,328
I'M A FIRM BELIEVER
IN "ASHES TO ASHES,
AND DUST TO DUST."
2346
01:56:09,063 --> 01:56:10,998
( crowd cheers )
2347
01:56:31,052 --> 01:56:34,188
AND THAT'S IT.
THAT'S MY FUNERAL.
2348
01:56:45,132 --> 01:56:48,102
Man:
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!
2349
01:56:48,102 --> 01:56:50,537
( "Lawyers, Guns and Money"
playing )
2350
01:57:02,816 --> 01:57:05,519
* I WENT HOME
WITH THE WAITRESS *
2351
01:57:08,355 --> 01:57:10,891
* THE WAY I ALWAYS DO *
2352
01:57:13,060 --> 01:57:16,130
* HOW WAS I TO KNOW *
2353
01:57:17,831 --> 01:57:21,135
* SHE WAS
WITH THE RUSSIANS TOO? *
2354
01:57:30,444 --> 01:57:33,380
* I WAS GAMBLING
IN HAVANA *
2355
01:57:35,949 --> 01:57:38,652
* I TOOK
A LITTLE RISK *
2356
01:57:40,821 --> 01:57:43,757
* SEND LAWYERS,
GUNS AND MONEY *
2357
01:57:45,659 --> 01:57:48,495
* DAD, GET ME OUT OF THIS *
2358
01:57:48,495 --> 01:57:50,231
* HAH! *
2359
01:58:00,006 --> 01:58:03,244
* I'M THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER *
2360
01:58:05,312 --> 01:58:08,215
* SOMEHOW I GOT STUCK *
2361
01:58:10,551 --> 01:58:13,654
* BETWEEN THE ROCK
AND THE HARD PLACE *
2362
01:58:13,654 --> 01:58:16,857
* AND I'M DOWN
ON MY LUCK *
2363
01:58:18,892 --> 01:58:22,229
* YES, I'M DOWN
ON MY LUCK *
2364
01:58:24,064 --> 01:58:27,000
* WELL, I'M DOWN
ON MY LUCK *
2365
01:58:29,370 --> 01:58:32,273
* AND I'M HIDING
IN HONDURAS *
2366
01:58:34,641 --> 01:58:37,010
* I'M A DESPERATE MAN *
2367
01:58:39,346 --> 01:58:42,549
* SEND LAWYERS,
GUNS AND MONEY *
2368
01:58:44,618 --> 01:58:47,688
* THE SHIT HAS
HIT THE FAN *
2369
01:59:01,668 --> 01:59:05,005
* OH, HEY, SEND LAWYERS,
GUNS AND MONEY *
2370
01:59:05,005 --> 01:59:06,540
* HUH! *
2371
01:59:12,479 --> 01:59:15,182
* SEND LAWYERS,
GUNS AND MONEY *
2372
01:59:22,489 --> 01:59:25,426
* SEND LAWYERS,
GUNS AND MONEY *
2373
01:59:26,993 --> 01:59:28,862
* HIT IT! *
2374
01:59:32,566 --> 01:59:35,702
* SEND LAWYERS,
GUNS AND MONEY *
2375
01:59:35,702 --> 01:59:37,204
* OH! *
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