Don't miss another showing...
Film Chase will notify you via email when When I Die (2005) is being screened in cinemas across the UK, including Cineworld, Odeon, Vue, Showcase, Curzon, Everyman, and more.
Get notified instantly whenever When I Die (2005) is showing in a UK cinema!
When I Die
2005 ยท 1 hr
"When I Die" is about the making of the Gonzo Monument to Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, and the blasting of his ashes into the heavens. The infamous outlaw journalist described his funeral plans in a clip from a 1978 BBC documentary which opens "When I Die.". Hunter wanted a 150 foot obelisk built in his backyard from which his ashes would be shot five hundred feet into the air and explode over his beloved Owl Farm in Woody Creek, Colorado. That is exactly what happened in August, 2005, six months after Dr. Thompson committed suicide. In "When I Die" the trials, tribulations and triumphs of this elaborate funeral production are inter cut with 35mm time-lapse photography and the final pyrotechnics are in breath-taking high speed 35mm.
Director: Wayne Ewing