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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 .
Oct 28, 2011 · 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.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Bruce Robinson
- 2011-10-28
Oct 28, 2011 · The Rum Diary is a 2011 film based on Hunter S. Thompson's novel, starring Johnny Depp as a journalist in Puerto Rico. Critics and audiences are divided on its quality, with some praising Depp's performance and others criticizing its rambling plot and tone.
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- Bruce Robinson
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- Johnny Depp
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.
Jan 1, 1998 · 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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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.
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Based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson, THE RUM DIARY, follows itinerant journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) on an alcohol-fueled journey across the...
