He was a liquor-swilling, gun-toting, pill-popping piece of work. He was also so brilliant a writer that no existing genre could contain him, so he invented one. Dr. Hunter S. Thompson was a depraved lunatic to some and a hero to others. Alex Gibney's Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson explores the man and the myth, and ultimately how the myth took over the man. Using never-before-seen home movies, audio recordings, photos from the doctor's house, and interviews with the likes of George McGovern, Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner, Jimmy Buffet and Jimmy Carter, Gibney paints a picture of one of the most notorious writers who ever lived. Johnny Depp, a close friend of Thompson's, narrates and treats us to a few choice excerpts from his work. His first wife, Sandy, describes Hunter's days on the road writing a book about the Hell's Angels (which they hated), and his 1970 Freak Power campaign for sheriff of Aspen, CO (which he lost, much to residents' relief.)
