The Rum Diary

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The Rum Diary

Release Date: October 13, 2011

Year	:	2011
Slogan	:	«One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well.»
Genres	:	Comedy, Drama
Production Companies	:	FilmEngine, GK Films, Infinitum Nihil, FilmDistrict, Mandate International
Director	:	Bruce Robinson
Producers	:	Johnny Depp, Peter Kohn, Denise Chamian, Graham King, Greg Shapiro, A.J. Dix, Anthony Rhulen, Colin Vaines, Patrick McCormick, Tim Headington, Christi Dembrowski, William Shively, Robert Kravis, Russell Allen, George Tobia Jr., Steven Wayne
Writers	:	Bruce Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson
RunTime	:	120 mins.
Budget	:	45000000
Revenue	:	24000000

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.