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The Rum Diary

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5.9/10 • 1.2K

2011-10-132h 0m

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One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well.

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’s 'The Lost Generation', Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman and her fiancée, a businessman involved in shady property development deals.  It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.

Directors
Bruce Robinson
Editors
Carol Littleton

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  1. Johnny Depp

    Johnny Depp

    Paul Kemp

  2. Amber Heard

    Amber Heard

    Chenault

  3. Aaron Eckhart

    Aaron Eckhart

    Sanderson

  4. Michael Rispoli

    Michael Rispoli

    Sala

  5. Giovanni Ribisi

    Giovanni Ribisi

    Moberg

  6. Richard Jenkins

    Richard Jenkins

    Lotterman

  7. Amaury Nolasco

    Amaury Nolasco

    Segurra

  8. Marshall Bell

    Marshall Bell

    Donavon

  9. Bill Smitrovich

    Bill Smitrovich

    Zimburger

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$45,000,000.00
Revenue
$24,000,000.00
Keywords
newspaperjournalistbased on novel or bookalcoholvoodoopuerto ricocarnivalprotestdebatefire breathingvomitingcockfightrumbrochuretonguedrunkenness1960s