Title: Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Director: Terry Gilliam

Genre: Comedy / Drama

Overview:
An adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's novel of the same name. The film details a whacky search for the "American Dream", by Thompson and his crazed, Samoan lawyer. Fueled by the massive amount of drugs they purchased with an advance from a magazine to cover a sporting event in Vegas; they set out in the Red Shark. Encountering police, reporters, gamblers, racers, and hitchhikers; they search for some undefinable thing know only as the "American Dream" and find fear, loathing and hilarious adventures into the dementia of the modern American West.

Cast overview, first billed only:
Johnny Depp .... Raoul Duke
Benicio Del Toro .... Dr. Gonzo
Tobey Maguire .... Hitchhiker
Ellen Barkin .... Waitress at North Star Cafe
Gary Busey .... Highway Patrolman
Christina Ricci .... Lucy
Mark Harmon .... Magazine Reporter at Mint 400
Cameron Diaz .... Blonde TV Reporter

taken from: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120669/

IMO:
a very funny look at how they see life while they are high on drugs...

Rating:
4 out of 5 snoopys