Sat 5 Jan 9:30PM Director: Terry Gilliam Cast: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro and Tobey Maguire Rating: R

After many failed adaptation attempts, Hunter S Thompson's drug-soaked autobiographical novel was considered almost unfilmable - until Johnny Depp's bravura performance in Terry Gilliam's cult classic. A devil-may-care journalist and his maniacal Samoan attorney ingest an entire pharmacopeia from the boot of their red convertible on a journey into the twisted heart of the American dream.