If you' a regular visitor to this site then you should be well familiar with the figure of Hunter S. Thompson, inventor of the term Gonzo Journalism and the writer of a string of great outsider works including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and The Great Shark Hunt. Aspects of his life, work and even death have already been well documented by filmmaker and friend Wayne Ewing in his films Breakfast with Hunter (strongly recommended), Free Lisl and When I Die. Now a new documentary work on Thompson has attracted considerable acclaim and a nomination for Best Documentary Screenplay at this year's Sundance Festival that incorporates extracts from Ewing's films with interviews and previously unseen home movie footage.

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson is directed by Alex Gibney, the man behind the Academy Award winning documentary, Taxi to the Dark Side and Academy Award nominated Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room. While Gibney shaped the screen story, every narrated word in the film springs from the typewriters of Thompson himself. Those words are given life by Johnny Depp, the actor who once shadowed Thompson's every move for the screen version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. As well as Depp's narration, the film features hilarious, illuminating, and poignant contributions from both those that loved Hunter and those that sparred with him, including the legendary Ralph Steadman, Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner, Hell's Angel Sonny Barger, George McGovern, Pat Buchanan, Jimmy Buffet and Jimmy Carter.

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson will be released on UK DVD on 13th April 2009 by Optimum Home Entertainment at the RRP of £17.99. Extra features will include:

• Director's Commentary;
• Extended interviews;
• Extended & Deleted scenes;
• Ralph Steadman drawings;
• UK exclusive Alex Gibney interview;
• Wayward & Weary featurette about tribute song by Tift Merritt;
• Gallery
• Trailer.