The Rum Diary
- Released on
- Runtime
- 120 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Johnny Depp
- Amber Heard
- Aaron Eckhart
- Michael Rispoli
- Giovanni Ribisi
- Richard Jenkins
- Amaury Nolasco
- Marshall Bell
- Bill Smitrovich
- Julian Holloway
- Enzo Cilenti
- Karimah Westbrook
- Aaron Lustig
- Natalia Rivera
- Jimmy Ortega
- Guillermo Valedón
Director
- Bruce Robinson
Producers
- Johnny Depp
- Graham King
- Tim Headington
- Anthony Rhulen
- Christi Dembrowski
- Robert Kravis
Screenwriter
- Bruce Robinson