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One Part Outrage. One Part Justice. Three Parts Rum. Mix Well.

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The Rum Diary

Release Date: Friday, October 28, 2011 Theaters

Director: Bruce Robinson

Starring: Johnny Depp Amber Heard Aaron Eckhart Richard Jenkins Giovanni Ribisi

R Biography 1 hr, 50 m

  • 3.3 / 5
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Tiring of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) 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.
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Robert S. Kravis
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  • Based on the debut novel by Hunter S. Thompson.

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R Restricted for language, brief drug use and sexuality
Runtime
1 hr, 50 m
Tagline
One Part Outrage. One Part Justice. Three Parts Rum. Mix Well.
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Language
English

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The Rum Diary was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, October 28, 2011. in around 2,272 theaters There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including Puss in Boots, In Time and Like Crazy.

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