Johnny Depp in a snuff film in exchange for money for his family. Depp was a fan and friend of writer Hunter S. Thompson, and played his alter ego Raoul Duke in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998), Terry Gilliam's film adaptation of Thompson's pseudobiographical novel of the same name. Depp's next venture with Burton was the period film "Sleepy Hollow" (1999), in which he played Ichabod Crane opposite Christina Ricci and Christopher Walken. For his performance, Depp took inspiration from Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall and Basil Rathbone. He stated that he "always thought of Ichabod as a very delicate, fragile
Gay for Johnny Depp year, their song "Sex In Your Mouth" was released on the Kerrang! compilation album, "New Breed". The band's first full-length album, "The Politics of Cruelty", was released on 5 November 2007; it was rare example of a hardcore band receiving positive reviews in publications such as "NME", "Q", "The Guardian" and "Uncut" as well as heavier rock publications such as "Rock Sound". A number of tracks also aired on BBC Radio 1. Instead of featuring the usual biographical material, advance copies of the album sent to the media contained a highly explicit pornographic fan letter to actor Johnny Depp, purported