---
title: 'Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Art Linson'
released: '1980-04-25'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/where-the-buffalo-roam-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081748/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)

1980 · 99 min · Comedy, History · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Art Linson](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-linson)
- **Producer:** [Art Linson](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-linson)
- **Screenplay:** [Hunter S. Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/hunter-s-thompson), [John Kaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-kaye)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Neil Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-young)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tak Fujimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/tak-fujimoto)
- **Editor:** [Christopher Greenbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-greenbury)

## Cast

- [Peter Boyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-boyle)
- [Nancy Parsons](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-parsons)
- [Sunny Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/sunny-johnson)
- [Quinn Redeker](https://cinepixo.com/people/quinn-redeker)
- [René Auberjonois](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-auberjonois)
- [Leonard Frey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-frey)
- [Bill Murray](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-murray)
- [Dennis O'Flaherty](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-o-flaherty)
- [Brian Cummings](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-cummings)
- [Bruno Kirby](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-kirby)
- [Craig T. Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-t-nelson)
- [Mark Metcalf](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-metcalf)
- [Linden Chiles](https://cinepixo.com/people/linden-chiles)
- [R. G. Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-g-armstrong)

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