Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Directed by Terry Gilliam
A drug-addled journalist and his attorney drive a red convertible from Los Angeles across the Mojave to cover a desert motorcycle race in Las Vegas, and lose themselves in the city's hotels and casinos.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Desert highway near Barstow≈ 00:00:00Barstow, CaliforniaStated on screen
Speeding across the desert in the Red Shark, the pair start to feel the drugs and pick up a terrified hitchhiker.
- 2Mint Hotel, Fremont Street, Las Vegas≈ 00:08:00Stated on screen
Duke struggles through check-in at the hotel hosting the race press.
- 3Mint 400 race course, desert near Las Vegas≈ 00:25:00Stated on screen
Duke tries to cover the dust-choked Mint 400 off-road race and gives up.
- 4Bazooko Circus casino, Las Vegas (fictional)≈ 00:35:00Stated on screenFictional
The pair stagger through a circus-themed casino where acrobats fly over the gamblers.
- 5Highway toward Baker≈ 00:55:00Baker, CaliforniaStated on screen
- 6Flamingo hotel, Las Vegas≈ 01:03:00Stated on screen
- 7North Star Cafe, Las Vegas (fictional)≈ 01:35:00Stated on screenFictional
- 8McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas≈ 01:40:00Inferred
- 9Highway home≈ 01:52:00Los Angeles, CaliforniaInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 900 km
- Places
- 9
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 9
- Car: 853 km
- Not shown: 47 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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