The Rum Diary

The Rum Diary

120 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 13, 2011

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.

The Rum Diary

120 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 13, 2011

The Rum Diary
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers FilmEngine, Infinitum Nihil, GK Films
Original title The Rum Diary
Directors Coraly Santaliz, Bruce Robinson
Writers Hunter S. Thompson, Bruce Robinson

Cast

Johnny Depp

as Paul Kemp

Amber Heard

as Chenault

Aaron Eckhart

as Sanderson

Michael Rispoli

as Sala

Giovanni Ribisi

as Moberg

Richard Jenkins

as Lotterman

Amaury Nolasco

as Segurra

Marshall Bell

as Donavon

Bill Smitrovich

as Zimburger

Julian Holloway

as Wolsley

Enzo Cilenti

as Digby

Aaron Lustig

as Monk

Natalia Rivera

as Chenault's Friend

Jimmy Ortega

as Cop on Fire