The Rum Diary

Director: Bruce Robinson
Writer: Bruce Robinson
Cast: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart, Richard Jenkins
Language: English, Spanish, Deutsch
Theatrical Release Date: October 28, 2011
Distributor: FilmDistrict
On The Web IMDB Entry

Synopsis: Paul Kemp is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of lost souls all bent on self-destruction. [Synopsis courtesy of IMDB]

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Another 'Rum Diary' Soundtrack On The Way Featuring Patti Smith, Dick Dale, The Tornados & More

Okay, so the "Rum Diary" wasn't a big hit and frankly, wasn't a very good movie either. All the promise of a sun soaked Hunter S. Thompson surrogate in Johnny Depp was wasted with a narrative that went nowhere in a movie that is really only notable for Amber Heard looking great in it. But the music ...
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Indiewire News

Watch: See Johnny Depp Reunite with Hunter S. Thompson in "The Rum Diary" Trailer

Fans of Terry Gilliam's take on Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing Last Vegas," have no doubt been anticipating Johnny Depp's return to Thompson's world in the long-awaited "The Rum Diary."
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Indiewire Reviews

REVIEW | "Rum Diary," Johnny Depp's Homage to Hunter S. Thompson, is Flawed But Earnest

"Vividly average" is the term used to describe the Puerto Rican readership of a raggedy newspaper in "The Rum Diary," Bruce Robinson's adaptation of the early Hunter S. Thompson novel. It could also describe the resulting movie. Depp coaxed Robinson out of retirement to write and direct "The Rum Di...
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