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The Rum Diary

“One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well.”

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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.

Director: Bruce Robinson
Writers: Hunter S. Thompson, Bruce Robinson
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America, Puerto Rico
Release date: 13 October 2011
Budget: $45,000,000
Box office: $24,000,000