Breakfast with Hunter is a feature length documentary starring the infamous outlaw journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Edited by director Wayne Ewing from cinema berite film and digital video that he shot over many years on the road with Dr. Thompson, Breakfast with Hunter follows several story lines in the trials (literally) and triumphs of this cultural icon who created his own genre of writing – Gonzo journalism.
Animals, Whores & Dialogue is more than just a sequel to Wayne Ewing’s 2003 Breakfast with Hunter which Variety declared to be a movie “that captures the essence of his [Hunter Thompson’s] jazzy pop journalism.” This new feature length documentary goes even deeper into Gonzo journalism with intimate scenes of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson at work writing, editing, and recounting the creation of classics like Hells Angels and Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.
Free Lisl: Fear & Loathing in Denver explores the most significant achievement of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson’s last years – the freeing of Lisl Auman who was sentenced to life without parole at the age of 21 for the murder of a Denver police officer by someone she had just met while she was handcuffed in the back of a police car.
When I Die follows the creation of the Gonzo Fist memorial which Dr. Hunter S. Thompson envisioned thirty years before his death. The film details Hunter’s family and friends’ efforts to construct a 155 foot tower and blast Hunter’s ashes into the air over his beloved Owl Farm.