The Rum Diary

2011

Paul Kemp

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General Information

American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1950s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the ex-patriots who live there. (Source: IMDB.com)

Director: Bruce Robinson

Cast: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart, Richard Jenkins

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ABOUT THIS MOVIE

Quotes from Johnny Depp:

"I remember when I unearthed the manuscript out of a box in [Hunter's] basement. He didn’t know where it was and I pulled it out and was like, 'Jesus Christ'. We read it together at three in the morning and it was, 'We should do this together', but Hunter didn't exactly fill his end of the deal. I guess he had other things to do.
"Each day on set we had this ritual [to honour Thompson's memory]. Hunter would have his own chair and he had a script with his name on it, the whole thing, and we would put a pack of Dunhills on a little table by the side, a bottle of Chivas, his favourite drink, and a tumbler full of ice.
"And each morning we'd dunk our fingers in the tumbler and dab a little Chivas on our necks, like a sort of Hunter cologne, take a sip and then off to work we went. We did that every morning, so Hunter was always there. It was good."
-Johnny Depp
Radio Times via NME.com
May 3, 2011

Quotes from others:

[Johnny] has a personal connection with Hunter S. Thompson and carried that with him when we filmed. It felt like I was working with someone who really had a special understanding of the material.
--Amber Heard
Metro.co.uk
February 23, 2011

"I think Hunter S. Thompson's such an amazing artist and writer, and we had a lot to work with. But Bruce Robinson took that and turned it into something that only Bruce Robinson could create -- in his mad brilliance. And I think Johnny Depp is the only person alive that could handle the subject matter, and do it with the elegance, grace and intimacy that he brings to it, having known Hunter."
--Amber Heard
Rotten Tomatoes
February 25, 2011

"It was such an amazing experience - Johnny's a dream to work with, and the director and the writer and the original book, they're all so wonderful and being in the presence of such artists is rare even in this business and it was an honour."
--Amber Heard
Press Association
February 25, 2011

"Everybody on the crew had done at least six movies with Johnny. I got to the set in Puerto Rico, on the first day, and Johnny was hugging the crew and talking about their kids. I thought, 'Wow, he's really friendly.' I'm always looking at other people and wondering, 'How does Johnny do it?'... And then, I learned that Johnny just brings his family around. His crew is his family... They love Johnny, and I learned to love Johnny. He was very good to me. We had a good time. We laughed a lot. He's got a quirky sensibility about him. He chooses quirky material. He's very passionate about Hunter S. Thompson. He was just a great guy."
--Aaron Eckhart
Collider.com
March 11, 2011