For No Good Reason (2012)

6.8/10 • 89 min • Documentary History

Overview

For No Good Reason a film about Ralph Steadman. Johnny Depp guides the visually stunning journey, smashing narrative conventions, moving seamlessly from interview to animation and in the finest Gonzo tradition questions of witness and authenticity are challenged. Steadman's art is for the first time animated, including illustrations from Hunter S Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vagas. Featuring Richard E Grant, Terry Gilliam, Bruce Robinson and with music from Slash, The All American Rejects, Jason Mraz, Crystal Castles, Ed Hardcourt and Beth Orton. A touching and at times funny film about honesty, friendship and the ambition driving an artist. This is a true record of the demise of the 20th Century counterculture and hipster dream with Ralph Steadman the last of the Gonzo visionaries.

Cast

Hunter S. Thompson

Self (archive footage)

Terry Gilliam

Self

Richard E. Grant

Self

Jann Wenner

Self

Johnny Depp

Self

Francis Bacon

Self (archive footage)

William S. Burroughs

Self (archive footage)

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