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The Rum Diary is a 2011 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Bruce Robinson, based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Hunter S. Thompson. The film stars Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins, and Giovanni Ribisi .
- $30.1 million
- Christopher Young
- $45 million
Oct 28, 2011 · A comedy drama film based on the 1960s novel by Hunter S. Thompson, starring Johnny Depp as a journalist in Puerto Rico. The film explores themes of corruption, rebellion and romance, but suffers from a weak screenplay and a vague plot.
- Bruce Robinson
- 198
- 3 min
Oct 28, 2011 · A comedy-drama based on Hunter S. Thompson's novel, starring Johnny Depp as a journalist in 1960s Puerto Rico. Critics and audiences are divided on the film's quality, with mixed reviews and ratings.
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- Bruce Robinson
- R
- Johnny Depp
Jan 1, 1998 · The Rum Diary. Hunter S. Thompson. 3.84. 61,261 ratings2,542 reviews. Begun in 1959 by a twenty-two-year-old Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary is a tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust in the Caribbean boomtown that was San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s.
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The Rum Diary is an early novel by American writer Hunter S. Thompson. It was written in the early 1960s but was not published until 1998. The manuscript, begun in 1959, was discovered among Thompson's papers by Johnny Depp.
- Hunter S. Thompson
- 213 pp
- 1998
- 1998
Oct 26, 2011 · A film based on Hunter S. Thompson's novel about his early journalism career in Puerto Rico, starring Johnny Depp as a drunken crusader. Roger Ebert criticizes the film's muddled plot, hazy characters and lack of focus.
A film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's novel about a journalist in Puerto Rico in the 1960s. He struggles with alcohol, love, and corruption as he tries to expose the truth about a real estate scam.
