The Rum Diary
Comedy • Drama


Theatrical Release (US)
~ One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well. ~
Overview:
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
Status:
Released
Language:
English
Buget:
$45,000,000.00
Revenue:
$24,000,000.00
Key words:
- newspaper
- journalist
- based on novel or book
- alcohol
- voodoo
- puerto rico
- carnival
- protest
- debate
- fire breathing
- vomiting
- cockfight
- rum
- brochure
- tongue
- drunkenness
- 1960s
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