The Rum Diary 2011

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

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R
Comedy Drama

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.

Release Date 2011-10-13
Runtime 2h 0m
Directors Bruce Robinson, Dariusz Wolski
Producers Graham King, Anthony Rhulen, Johnny Depp, Robert Kravis, Christi Dembrowski, Tim Headington, Peter Kohn, Colin Vaines, A.J. Dix, George Tobia Jr., Greg Shapiro, Patrick McCormick, William Shively
Writers Bruce Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson