The Rum Diary (2011)

US:: R UK:: 15 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.

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Runtime: 120 mins Revenue: $24,000,000 Budget: $45,000,000 Rating: 5.8 Tag Line: One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well.

Cast

Johnny Depp

Paul Kemp

Giovanni Ribisi

Moberg

Marshall Bell

Donavon

Aaron Eckhart

Sanderson

Bill Smitrovich

Zimburger

Amaury Nolasco

Segurra

Michael Rispoli

Sala

Richard Jenkins

Lotterman

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