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The Rum Diary
The Rum Diary

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The Rum Diary

R·2011·120m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Bruce Robinson

Novel

Hunter S. Thompson

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$45,000,000.00

Revenue:

$24,000,000.00

Keywords

newspaper
journalist
based on novel or book
alcohol
voodoo
puerto rico
carnival
protest
debate
fire breathing
vomiting
cockfight
rum
brochure
tongue
drunkenness
1960s