The rum diary

Author

Bruce Robinson

Call Number

• DVD COMEDY (EAS)

Languages

In English, with optional English or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi, Amaury Nolasco.

Publication Information

Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2012]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; language, brief drug use and sexuality.

Summary

Itinerant journalist Paul Kemp goes on an alcohol-fueled journey across the pristine island of Puerto Rico. Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Paul soon becomes obsessed with Chenault, the wildly attractive fiancee of Sanderson, an American businessman involved in shady development deals. 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 businessman's financial benefit or use them to take him down.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.

Special features: A voice made of ink and rage : inside The rum diary ; The rum diary back-story.