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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
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- $45 million
Oct 28, 2011 · With Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard. American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1960s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the expatriates who live there.
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Oct 28, 2011 · The Rum Diary | Rotten Tomatoes. R Released Oct 28, 2011 1 hr. 59 min. Comedy Drama List. 51% 169 Reviews Tomatometer 36% 25,000+ Ratings Audience Score As the Eisenhower era draws to a...
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Oct 26, 2011 · The Rum Diary movie review & film summary (2011) | Roger Ebert. Reviews. Crusading in a fog of booze. Roger Ebert October 26, 2011. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. In the early 1960s, after he had discovered booze but before he had stumbled across drugs, the young Hunter S. Thompson got an uncertain start in journalism.
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Hard-drinking journalist Paul Kemp takes a job at a besieged newspaper in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His volatile editor, Lotterman, assigns him to tourist pieces and horoscopes, but promises more. Paul rooms with Sala, an aging and equally alcoholic reporter, in a rundown flat.
Based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson, THE RUM DIARY, follows journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) on an alcohol-fueled journey across the island of Puerto Rico where he finds himself caught between a shady American businessman, a beautiful woman, and several bottles of booze.
Oct 27, 2011 · Overview. Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late ‘50s version of Hemingway ...
