Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
The American semi-biographical comedy film, Where the Buffalo Roam (1980), follows the rise of author Hunter S. Thompson in the 1970s and his friendship with activist Oscar ‘Zeta’ Acosta. The story begins on Thompson’s Colorado ranch as he frantically works to complete a piece on his former attorney and friend, Carl Lazlo, Esq. A series of flashbacks then detail their wild adventures together. In one instance, Lazlo convinces Thompson to write about a group of San Francisco youth facing harsh prison sentences for marijuana possession. Despite being reminded by his editor Marty Lewis that he only has 19 hours until deadline, Thompson witnesses the judge hand out severe punishments, including a five-year sentence for one young man who was caught with just one joint.
Lazlo’s response to the prosecuting attorney results in his imprisonment for contempt of court. The ensuing media coverage of the trial is sensational, but Lazlo remains silent until four years later when Thompson is in Los Angeles covering Super Bowl VI. At that point, Lazlo unexpectedly appears at Thompson’s hotel and persuades him to abandon the Super Bowl story and join his freedom-fighting group. This involves smuggling weapons to an unspecified Latin American country. Thompson agrees to accompany Lazlo and the revolutionaries to a secluded airstrip where they plan to load a small plane with weapons. However, their plans are thwarted when a police helicopter locates them. While Lazlo and his associates make a hasty escape on the plane, Thompson defiantly refuses to follow suit.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
Cast:  Bill MurrayHunter S. Thompson  Peter BoyleCarl Lazlo  Bruno KirbyMarty Lewis  Rene AuberjonoisHarris  R.G. ArmstrongJudge Simpson |
The American semi-biographical comedy film, Where the Buffalo Roam (1980), follows the rise of author Hunter S. Thompson in the 1970s and his friendship with activist Oscar ‘Zeta’ Acosta. The story begins on Thompson’s Colorado ranch as he frantically works to complete a piece on his former attorney and friend, Carl Lazlo, Esq. A series of flashbacks then detail their wild adventures together. In one instance, Lazlo convinces Thompson to write about a group of San Francisco youth facing harsh prison sentences for marijuana possession. Despite being reminded by his editor Marty Lewis that he only has 19 hours until deadline, Thompson witnesses the judge hand out severe punishments, including a five-year sentence for one young man who was caught with just one joint.
Lazlo’s response to the prosecuting attorney results in his imprisonment for contempt of court. The ensuing media coverage of the trial is sensational, but Lazlo remains silent until four years later when Thompson is in Los Angeles covering Super Bowl VI. At that point, Lazlo unexpectedly appears at Thompson’s hotel and persuades him to abandon the Super Bowl story and join his freedom-fighting group. This involves smuggling weapons to an unspecified Latin American country. Thompson agrees to accompany Lazlo and the revolutionaries to a secluded airstrip where they plan to load a small plane with weapons. However, their plans are thwarted when a police helicopter locates them. While Lazlo and his associates make a hasty escape on the plane, Thompson defiantly refuses to follow suit.
