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Released
1980 · FILM

Where the Buffalo Roam

A gonzo journalist's wild, drug-fueled quest to uncover the truth behind the American dream collides with the chaos of politics, paranoia, and the pursuit of power.

"I hate to advocate weird chemicals, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone... but they've worked for me."

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Runtime
99 min
BiographyComedy

Synopsis

A semi-biographical film inspired by the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Christopher GreenburyShot by Tak FujimotoScored by Neil YoungDesigned by Richard Sawyer

Box Office

1980 · Box office

Grossed $6.7M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$6.7M

Worldwide gross$6.7M

Opening weekend: $1.8M 26% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $2.3M35% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 464 theaters

Also known as

  • Blast - Wo die Büffel röhrende

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