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Where the Buffalo Roam
(1980)
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| | Plot: | The deranged adventures of Gonzo journalist Hunter Thompson and his attorney Oscar Acosta, referred to in the movie as "Laslow". Thompson attempts to cover the Super Bowl and the 1972 Presidential election in his typical drug-crazed state, but it continually and comically sidetracked by his even more twisted friend Laslow. Allegedly based on actual events.
Dr. Hunter Thompson, who is better known as the character in the Doonesbury Comic Strips Zonker's Uncle Duke, shows what earned his reputation for Gonzo Journalism, a sort of sideways way of looking at the news, including such things as giving away superbowl tickets so that he can review it from his hotel room while bouncing a football of the walls. A sort of later day cousin to stream of consciousness writing.
| | Cast: | | Peter Boyle | Lazlo |
| Bill Murray | Hunter S. Thompson |
| Bruno Kirby | Marty Lewis |
| Rene Auberjonois | Harris (as René Auberjonois) |
| R.G. Armstrong | Judge Simpson |
| Danny Goldman | Porter |
| Rafael Campos | Rojas |
| Leonard Frey | Desk Clerk |
| Leonard Gaines | Super Fan |
| Otis Day | Man #1 (as De Wayne Jessie) |
| Mark Metcalf | Dooley |
| Jon Matthews | Billy Kramer |
| Joseph Ragno | Willins |
| Quinn K. Redeker | Pilot (as Quinn Redeker) |
| Lisa Taylor | Ruthie |
| Danny Tucker | Narcotics Agent |
| Jon Acevedo | Hippie |
| Phillip L. Allan | Kid #2 |
| Lee Allen | Reporter #4 |
| Juli Andelman | Alice |
| Janit Baldwin | Mary |
| Bruce Paul Barbour | Secret Service Man #3 (as Bruce Barbour) |
| Marsha Bissler | Stewardess |
| Jack Caddin | Rojas' Man |
| David Castle | Long Hair Kid |
| Linden Chiles | Reporter #2 |
| Suzanne Coltrin | Reporter |
| Caesar Cordova | Rojas' Man |
| Michael Cornelison | Young Reporter |
| Brian Cummings | Richard Nixon (voice) |
| Ron Cummins | Secret Service Man #1 |
| Joshua Daniel | Questioner |
| Sonny Carl Davis | Stepanian (as Sonny Davis) |
| Richard M. Dixon | Candidate |
| Susan Elliot | Questioner |
| Suzanne Elliott | Girl #1 |
| Les Engel | Court Clerk |
| Reginald Farmer | Chauffer (as Reginald H. Farmer) |
| Lou Felder | Sportscaster #2 |
| Randy Glass | Rock Critic |
| Doris Hargrave | Hotel Waitress |
| Jim Healy | Sportscaster #1 |
| Cork Hubbert | Briggs, Bell Captain |
| Doreen Jaros | Campaign Plane Stewardess #2 |
| Sunny Johnson | Lil / Nurse |
| Susan Kellermann | Waitress |
| Garry Kelly | Stewardess (as Garrie Kelly) |
| Charles Konya | Co-pilot |
| Marguerite Lamar | Red Cross Nurse |
| Jerry Maren | Bell Man |
| Miles McNamara | Questioner |
| John Moio | Sheriff's Deputy #1 |
| Inga Neilsen | Masseuse |
| Craig T. Nelson | Cop on Stand |
| Jessica Nelson | Cashier |
| Tom Oberhaus | Secret Service Man #4 |
| Dennis O'Flaherty | Secret Service Man #2 |
| Nancy Parsons | Head Nurse |
| Steven Peterman | Student in Court |
| Cari M. Pike | Campaign Plane Stewardess #1 |
| Rose Portillo | Maid |
| Ross Reynolds | Light Plane Pilot #2 |
| Morgan Roberts | Man #2 |
| Dennis Robertson | Colonel |
| Wally Rose | Deputy Sheriff #2 |
| Arthur Rosenberg | Hospital Administrator |
| Ángel Salazar | Waiter (as Angel Salazar) |
| Art Scholl | Light Plane Pilot #1 |
| Richard Seff | Reporter #1 |
| Jamie Squire | Girl #2 |
| Michael Stepanian | Russell |
| Matthew Tobin | Bailiff |
| Harold Van Buskirk | Hitchhiker |
| Biff Warren | Collegiate Kid |
| Carol Williard | Questioner #1 |
| Paul Willson | Page |
| Kenneth Wolger | Kid #1 (as Ken Wolger) |
| Michael Lee Gogin | Bell Man (uncredited) |
| Writing By:
| | Hunter S. Thompson | (stories The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat and Strange Rumblings in Aztlan) (as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson) |
| John Kaye | (screenplay) |
| Produced By:
| | Mack Bing | associate producer |
| Art Linson | producer |
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