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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.

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Box Office

Budget: $45,000,000
Revenue: $24,000,000
ROI: -46.7%

Verdict: Flop

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Directors

> Bruce Robinson (Director)
> Dariusz Wolski (Director of Photography)
> Jeffrey Waldron (VFX Director of Photography)

Writers

> Bruce Robinson (Screenplay)
> Hunter S. Thompson (Novel)