The Rum Diary

Theatrical - Wide 2011-10-13

Cast Johnny Depp Amber Heard Aaron Eckhart Michael Rispoli Giovanni Ribisi
Directed by Bruce Robinson
Written by Bruce Robinson

Box Office Gross: $24,000,000

Running Time: 120 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: FilmEngine, GK Films, Infinitum Nihil

Genres: Comedy Drama

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Synopsis

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... See more 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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