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Sneak Peek: The Rum Diary

by Jennifer M. Wood | Published September 9, 2011

Based on the debut novel by Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary—in theaters October 28th—tells the increasingly unhinged story of itinerant journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp), who travels to the pristine 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 businessman’s financial benefit, or use them to take the bastards down.

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