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Never saw the movie. Read the book many times in the '70s, back when I was in college. Thompson wrote a lot for Rolling Stone in those days, and I'd buy any issue with his stuff in it. It was all Fear and Loathing. The "Samoan attorney" was in real life a Latino activist/lawyer/politician/alleged drug smuggler (lot of sides to the guy) named Oscar Zeta Acosta who vanished under mysterious circumstances in the '70s and was never seen again. Thompson wrote a long article about it, worth reading.
You all are probably not fans of early '70s politics, but Thompson's book "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail" is just as great a read -- a gonzo look at the Nixon/McGovern presidential campaign of '72. For my money, it's even wilder in places than "las vegas."
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