One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well.
Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late ‘50s version of Hemingway’s 'The Lost Generation', Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman and her fiancée, a businessman involved in shady property development deals. It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.
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Cast
- Johnny DeppPaul Kemp
- Amber HeardChenault
- Aaron EckhartSanderson
- Michael RispoliSala
- Giovanni RibisiMoberg
- Richard JenkinsLotterman
- Amaury NolascoSegurra
- Marshall BellDonavon
- Bill SmitrovichZimburger
- Julian HollowayWolsley
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- Bruce RobinsonDirector
- Bruce RobinsonScreenplay
- Hunter S. ThompsonNovel
- Dariusz WolskiDirector of Photography
- Christopher YoungOriginal Music Composer
- Carol LittletonEditor
- Johnny DeppProducer
- Graham KingProducer
- Tim HeadingtonProducer
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