The Rum Diary
One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well.
The Rum Diary (2011)
Timing:
2:0 (120 min)
5.869/10
1187
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Country
Production
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Budget
$45 000 000
Revenue
$24 000 000
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Johnny Depp, Graham King, Anthony Rhulen, Tim Headington, Christi Dembrowski, Robert Kravis, Greg Shapiro, A.J. Dix, Colin Vaines, Patrick McCormick
Operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Denise Chamian
Editing
Carol Littleton, Steven Wayne
All team (49)
All team (49)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Hunter Thompson's novel "The Rum Diary" (written in 1960, published in 1998).
- Hunter Thompson passed away in 2005, but a chair belonging to Hunter with his name on the back was always present on the film set, next to a small table with an ashtray, a pack of cigarettes, and a bottle of whiskey. Depp and Robinson invoked Thompson's spirit to help them in this way.
- Johnny Depp's character drives a red 1959 Chevrolet Corvette convertible, while Aaron Eckhart's character gets around in a red 1956 Austin Healey 100/6 convertible.
- Johnny Depp broke his sobriety for this film in order to experience the effects of the alcoholic beverages mentioned in the book.
- The director broke six and a half years of sobriety in order to finish the script, and again due to the stress during filming. According to Bruce Robinson: "There was drinking. When I wasn’t in Johnny Depp’s line of sight, I would return to sobriety.”
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