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FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS star Johnny Depp returns to the wild world of Hunter S. Thompson in writer/director Bruce Robinson's adaptation of the Gonzo journalist's 'lost' autobiographical novel of the same name. Dejected with life in New York City and at bitter odds with the Eisenhower-era conventions of the 1950s, nomadic journalist Paul Kemp (Depp) flees to Puerto Rico, where he quickly lands a job as a reporter for a San Juan newspaper. Drawing inspiration from author Ernest Hemingway's popular theory about 'The Lost Generation', the newly liberated journalist develops a taste for rum as he becomes slowly entangled in the lives of American beauty Chenault (Amber Heard) and her shady husband Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart), a wealthy real estate developer. Later, as Sanderson's underhanded business dealings begin to emerge, Kemp's principles come into focus, and his writing style begins to mature in ways he never dreamed possible.

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ProducerGraham King

EAN5017239151644

eBay Product ID (ePID)102241818

Product Key Features

ActorJohnny Depp, Michael Rispoli, Richard Jenkins, Aaron Eckhart, Giovanni Ribisi, Amber Heard

Film/TV TitleThe Rum Diary

DirectorBruce Robinson

LanguageEnglish

Run Time120 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2012

FormatBlu-ray

FeaturesWidescreen, Deleted scenes\Audio commentary\Cast interviews\A Voice Made of Ink And Rage - Inside THE RUM DIARY\THE RUM DIARY back-story

GenreGeneral, Comedy

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Executive ProducerJohnny Depp

ReviewsTampa Bay Times - Thompson's fans will embrace its twisted verbal dexterity, romantically imagining the author feverishly pulling strings from the beyond., Empire - A fitting tribute to Hunter and the demise of the American Dream, but first and foremost a thrilling and funny snapshot of a country on its knees and a writer finding his feet., Variety - Temperance of a different sort, a willful abstention from trippy stylistic excess, is what makes this 1960-set Caribbean picaresque easily the most lucid screen adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's work.

ScreenwriterBruce Robinson

AuthorHunter S. Thompson

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleThe Rum Diary

Consumer AdviceContains strong language and infrequent drug use