Where the Buffalo Roam is a 1980 American semi-biographical comedy film which loosely depicts author Hunter S. Thompson's rise to fame in the 1970s and his relationship with Chicano attorney and activist Oscar "Zeta" Acosta. The film was produced and directed by Art Linson. Bill Murray portrayed Thompson and Peter Boyle portrayed Acosta, who is referred to in the film as Carl Lazlo, Esq. A number of other names, places, and details of Thompson's life are also changed.
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
Directed by Art Linson
Genres - Biography, Comedy |
Sub-Genres - Biographical Film |
Release Date - Apr 25, 1980 |
Run Time - 99 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - R
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Movie Info
Box Office
$6,659,377
Themes
Tags
1960s, Art/Music, Bison, Courtroom, Drug Use, Film Based On Literature, Hotel Room, Journalism, Journey/Travel, Lawyer, Mind-Bending/Experimental, Paranoia, Presidential Election, S. Thompson, Super Bowl, Typewriter, Writing
Attributes
Based On: Strange Rumblings in Aztlan
Subject: Hunter S. Thompson
Subject: Hunter S. Thompson
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Alternate Titles
Ahol a bölény dübörög
HU
Blast - Wo die Büffel röhren
DE
Donde vaga el búfalo
UY
Tam wędrują bizony
PL
Uma Espécie em Extinção
BR
Vind og skæv
DK
Where the Buffalo Roam
AU, CA, EC, FI, MX, GB, US
Където броди бизонът
BG
Там, где бродит бизон
RU
Там, де блукають бізони
UA