Did you pick up a copy of Terry Gilliam‘s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas on Blu-ray last week? If not, the video above will give you “Three Reasons” to add it to your collection. And if, by some fluke you weren’t convinced of the quality of the Blu-ray presentation after reading my raves about it last week, this video actually provides a sense of the colour and the detail in Criterion‘s exceptional new HD transfer. So what are you waiting for?!

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“It is 1971, and journalist Raoul Duke barrels toward Las Vegas—accompanied by a trunkful of contraband and his unhinged Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo—to cover a motorcycle race. His cut-and-dried assignment quickly descends into a feverish psychedelic odyssey. Director Terry Gilliam (Time Bandits, Brazil) and an all-star cast headlined by Johnny Depp (Edward Scissorhands, Donnie Brasco) and Benicio Del Toro (The Usual Suspects, Che) show no mercy in adapting Hunter S. Thompson’s legendary dissection of the American way of life to the screen, creating a film both hilarious and savage. “

Special Features:

• Digital transfer, approved by director Terry Gilliam (with a DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack and an optional 5.1 mix)
• Three audio commentaries: one with Gilliam, one with stars Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro and producer Laila Nabulsi, and one with author Hunter S. Thompson
• Deleted scenes, with optional commentary by Gilliam
• Selection of Thompson correspondence, read on camera by Depp
• Hunter Goes to Hollywood, a short documentary by filmmaker Wayne Ewing
• A look at the controversy over the screenwriting credit
• Profile of Oscar Zeta Acosta, the inspiration for Dr. Gonzo
• Collection of artwork by illustrator Ralph Steadman
• Audio excerpt from the 1996 spoken-word CD Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, featuring filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and actor Maury Chaykin
• Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood, a 1978 BBC documentary with Thompson and Steadman
• Storyboards, production designs, stills gallery, theatrical trailer, and TV spots
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic J. Hoberman and two pieces by Thompson

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