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Year: 2011
USA: FilmDistrict Distribution
UK: Entertainment Film Distributors
Cast: Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, Michael
Rispoli, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi, Marshall Bell, Amaury
Nolasco, Bill Smitrovich, Julian Holloway, Karen Austin, Bruno
Irizarry, Enzo Cilenti, Aaron Lustig, Tisuby González, Natalia
Rivera
Director: Bruce Robinson
Country: USA
USA & UK: 120 mins
USA Rated: R for language, brief drug use and sexuality
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language and infrequent
drug use
USA Release Date: 28 October 2011
UK Release Date: 11 November 2011
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Synopsis
Based on the debut 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.
However, when Kemp is recruited by Sanderson to write favourably
about his latest unsavoury 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.
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