The Rum Diary
2011 - ENGLISH - MOVIE
Comedy
Drama
An unsuccessful author takes a job at a newspaper in San Juan, Puerto Rico where he befriends a photographer who predicts the newspapers closure, becomes infatuated with a woman engaged to his employer, witnesses corruption and mistreatment, and ultimately decides to print the truth about it all before finding success as a journalist and marrying the woman. The Rum Diary is a 2011 American English-language Comedy Drama motion picture featuring Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi and Jimmy Santos. The movie is inspired from The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson. GK Films in association with Infinitum Nihil and Film Engine. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Graham King, Johnny Depp, Tim Headington, Christi Dembrowski, Anthony Rhulen and Robert Kravis. The Rum Diary is written by Bruce Robinson and Hunter S. Thompson and it is directed by Bruce Robinson. FilmDistrict acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The Rum Diary was released on 4th November 2011 and takes a screen time of 120 minutes. The Rum Diary was made on a budget of $45 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Bruce Robinson. Cinematography was done by Dariusz Wolski and editing by Carol Littleton. The music was composed by Christopher Young.
entertaining
romantic
tropical
lively
compelling