The Rum Diary
Released Date
October 13, 2011
Distributor
FilmDistrict
Genre
Drama
Rating
R
Budget
$45,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$13,109,815 + $17,025,143 = $30,134,958
$13,109,815 + $17,025,143 = $30,134,958
About The Rum Diary
American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1960s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the expatriates who live there.
About
A New York journalist named Paul Kemp falls in love with the fiancee of a wealthy businessman intent on turning the island into a capitalist paradise. Now, Kemp must decide if he wants to join him or take him down.
Trivia
The film is based on a book of the same name by Hunter S. Thompson. The book was written in 1961, but didn't find publication until 1998.