Hunter S Thompson is Our Mark Twain

John Cusack discusses the parallels between Hunter and other famous hypocrisy writers.
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." These are the immortal words from Hunter Stockton Thompson, a.k.a. Doctor Gonzo and Raoul Duke. Principal photography is nearing completion on Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film, Starz Entertainment's insightful look at the man whose last wish was to have his ashes blown out of a giant cannon. The special is set to air on Starz, December 12 at 10:00 p.m. (et/pt). Interviewees Include Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, Bill Murray, John Cusack, Benicio Del Toro, Tom Wolfe, George McGovern, Ed Bradley, William F. Buckley and Many Others. Narrated By Nick Nolte

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• Hunter
• Thompson
• Gonzo
• Depp
• Busey
• Cusack
• Hypocrisy
• Vegas
• Film

[whatiwasgoingtosay]

Listen, I can't believe you people are faulting John Cusack for cutting off the interviewer. He's the interviewee! He's supposed to be talking. In every journalism class I've ever had, they tell you to let your subject pause to finish their thought. The guy didn't let him finish a thought. Anyway, I think you fools are the only ones offended. I think both of these guys were just enjoying their conversation.

[TheKyle]

The hell are you talking about?

[termanogue]

@TheKyle No idea, what the heaven are you talking about?

[mprime2003]

@whatiwasgoingtosay

lol, yea honestly the interviewer jsut has a list of questions to ask, and the guy answers, and the more detail the better

[GonzoTrix]

Ekultus, after researching it further than my initial shock&outrage, i decided it was some pseudo-named ass, not our original HST ass. And he WAS an ass in many ways, but kids weren't his thing. Nothing in his writings, nor his friends&family support the claim. The only 'evidence' here is a name, and people exploit famous names all the time.

[ekultus]

naw man he filmed at the grove and loved snuff films, he was a freak wannabe satanist

[GonzoTrix]

The Franklin stuff--I really think that wasn't the real HST. At first, when i was researching it, i was like- 'wha??' but now i believe it was someone else either with that name or just calling himself that.

[rikestard]

thompson was a pederass and child porn/snuff film producer!!!! cusack is a fking idiot jester

[noisyrag]

Really? Who was he "suicided" by? His family were in the house when it happened.

[myfanniejigglesaboot]

that's just ridiculous

[vonkaltenborn]

HST looked up to Jack. Vonn was less so.