Rum Diary

Cast: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Amaury Nolasco

Rating: NR

Studio: Warner Independent

Release date: 2010

Synopsis:

Depp will play Paul Kemp, a freelance journo writing for a rundown newspaper in 1950s Puerto Rico and surrounded by a bunch of lost souls bent on self-destruction. The journo was 22 when he wrote the autobiographical novel and had yet to develop his trademark gonzo style. It was written in 1959 but not published until 1998.

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