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TokinSurfer
05-02-2007, 01:22 PM
Duke is based on the author of the book, and apparently the whole book/movie is based on true events. Anyone want to clarify?

Ps. Best movie, so good..:hippy:
Turtlepik
05-02-2007, 01:49 PM
Duke is based on the author of the book, and apparently the whole book/movie is based on true events. Anyone want to clarify?

Ps. Best movie, so good..:hippy:

How about the fact that his name's Hunter S. Thompson? I thought everbody knew that the book/film was kind of autobiographical...
powair
05-03-2007, 12:55 AM
Lol, Thompson Hunter...

The characters are fictional, but the events are based on actual occurrences.
Frivolous248
05-03-2007, 01:42 AM
Um, you're all wrong.

Its partly based on real people/events, but not all of it is true.
40oz
05-03-2007, 01:46 AM
Yea its written in Hunter's own style of journalism...Gonzo...which blurs the line between fact and fiction.
powair
05-03-2007, 02:00 AM
Um, you're all wrong.

Its partly based on real people/events, but not all of it is true.

Um, no. The characters are fictional, the events are based on real events and experiences. The characters are fictional because of the different names, but are based on real people. I have read many Hunter S. Thompson biographies and his autobiography, in which he states this.
A Scanner Darkly
05-03-2007, 04:22 AM
I thought Thomson's alter ego was Raoul Duke, which would make at least that character "real" as in not fictional.
Maui Wowie
05-03-2007, 04:59 AM
Duke is based on the author of the book, and apparently the whole book/movie is based on true events. Anyone want to clarify?

Ps. Best movie, so good..:hippy:

Where've you been. :wtf: :eek: :stoned:
LazySmoking420
05-03-2007, 05:16 AM
Anybody want some LSD? I got all the makings right here, All I need is a place to cook...

YouTube - The Fear (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52XV_wLg_eo&mode=related&search=)
Turtlepik
05-03-2007, 08:46 AM
Um, you're all wrong.

Its partly based on real people/events, but not all of it is true.

I fail to see how that makes everybody wrong. I'd go into my bedroom and have a look in his biography, but I'm far too lazy.
TokinSurfer
05-03-2007, 11:37 AM
Where've you been. :wtf: :eek: :stoned:


ive been around..

ps. I was baked when i wrote the title so cut us some slack ;)
HeallyRi
05-03-2007, 11:49 AM
http://boards.cannabis.com/cannabis-com-lounge/114435-fear-n-loathing-where-buffalo-roam.html