The Rum Diary
The Rum Diary

USA
adventure - drama

Runtime: 120 minutes
Production Year: 2011

Director: Bruce Robinson

Starring:

Johnny Depp (Kemp)
Aaron Eckhart (Sanderson)

Based on the early novel by Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary tells the increasingly unhinged story of itinerant journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp). Tiring of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper, The San Juan Star, run by downtrodden editor Lotterman (Richard Jenkins). Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Paul soon becomes obsessed with Chenault (Amber Heard), the wildly attractive Connecticut-born fiancée of Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart). Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals, is one of a growing number of American entrepreneurs who are determined to convert Puerto Rico into a capitalist paradise in service of the wealthy. When Kemp is recruited by Sanderson to write favorably about his latest unsavory scheme, the journalist is presented with a choice: to use his words for the corrupt businessmen’s financial benefit, or use them to take the bastards down.


Cast: Michael Rispoli (Sala), Amber Heard (Chenault), Richard Jenkins (Lotterman), Giovanni Ribisi (Moburg), Amaury Nolasco (Segurra), Marshall Bell (Donovan), Bill Smitrovich (Mr. Zimburger), Enzo Cilenti (Digby), more...

Crew: Screenplay: Bruce Robinson, Writer: Hunter S. Thompson, Producer: Christi Dembrowski, Producer: Johnny Depp, Producer: Tim Headington, Producer: Graham King, Producer: Anthony Rhulen, Music: Christopher Young, Director of photography: Dariusz Wolski, Editor: Carol Littleton, more...

Release Date: October 28, 2011  (USA)