The Rum Diary -- Depp as His Finest
October 9th 2011 04:34
Hunter S. Thompson's first novel of the same name is now a movie opening at the end of October, The Rum Diary tells the increasingly unhinged story of travelling journalist Paul Kemp (Depp).
Rather fed up with the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, Kemp is beckoned to the island of Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper, The San Juan Star, run by downtrodden editor Lotterman (Richard Jenkins).
Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Paul soon becomes obsessed with Chenault (Amber Heard), the wildly attractive Connecticut-born fiancée of Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart). Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals, is one of a growing number of American entrepreneurs who are determined to convert Puerto Rico into a capitalist paradise in service of the wealthy.
When Kemp is recruited by Sanderson to write favorably about his latest unsavory scheme, the journalist is presented with a choice: to use his words for the corrupt businessmen's financial benefit, or use them to take the bastards down. What do you think he does, besides continue to drink rum?
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