WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM
Nearly two decades before Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro played journalist Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the legendary Bill Murray played Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (writer of Fear and Loathing and several other titles), in Art Linson’s Where the Buffalo Roam.
Murray plays the underground journalist whose passion for writing was a close runner-up to his love of psychedelic drugs and alcohol. Joining Murray in his manic, madcap adventures is Peter Boyle. Together they traverse the sixties and seventies and take in everything from a San Francisco drug trial to a bathroom interview with Presidential candidate Richard Nixon.
When Where the Buffalo Roam was originally released on VHS and DVD, the high cost of music licensing of the soundtrack prevented their inclusion, aside from Neil Young’s score and a song from Credence Clearwater Revival. Shout! Factory has ensured that the comedy is presented with the original music, including songs from Bob Dylan, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Temptations, and the Four Tops.
That alone is a good enough reason to pick up this Shout Select release.
