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Rum Diary, The | Review - Austin Film Festival 2011
28 October 2011 6:41 PM, PDT | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »
Director: Bruce Robinson Writers: Bruce Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson (novel) Starring: Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi Hunter S. Thompson was a mere 22-years old when, in 1961, he penned the novel The Rum Diary. His second novel -- preceded only by the yet-to-be-published Prince Jellyfish -- The Rum Diary was not published until 1998 (by no small coincidence, that is the same year Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was released). To be perfectly honest, I have never read The Rum Diary and I suspect that could be because somewhere deep down in my subconscious, pre-lsd and/or pre-Gonzo Thompson is...well...not very appealing to me... Not very appealing to me... That pretty much sums up my thoughts when I heard that Bruce Robinson was attached to write and direct The Rum Diary. I am still not quite sure how Withnail »
- Don Simpson
Bruce Robinson's (and Johnny Depp's) "The Rum Diary"
28 October 2011 1:53 PM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
"Johnny Depp's quasi-filial bromance with Hunter S Thompson has now extended well beyond the celebrated gonzo journalist's death," writes Salon's Andrew O'Hehir, "with consequences that are a lot like the relationship itself: Strange, endearing and a little bit embarrassing. Depp personally financed and supervised the firing of Thompson's earthly remains out of a cannon at the writer's 2005 funeral, an event captured in Alex Gibney's documentary Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson (narrated, of course, by Johnny Depp). Having played Thompson's most famous alter ego, Raoul Duke, in Terry Gilliam's psychotronic 1998 version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — a flawed film, but very much worth a second look in its recent Criterion release — Depp now returns to the Thompson well of booze and acid for a second dip."
"To get to the heart of the mess that is The Rum Diary," writes Gustavo Turner in the La Weekly, »
Bruce Robinson: 'I'm just going to take my liver for a wash'
15 October 2011 4:10 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Withnail director is returning to the movies with Johnny Depp. But first there's a meal with Euan Ferguson to negotiate, oysters to eat, red wine to drink and waitresses to charm
I am apologising, as we take our first seats behind a big slab of a secret wooden door that must outweigh the All Black front row. It is a truly magic door, like something invented by Roald Dahl, just for children who drink – and lets us slip into a cool, smart hideaway in Soho; and I'm apologising to Bruce Robinson for not being one of this mag's usual stock of clever cheekboned women over-infused with vivre, panache, esprit and other words unacquaintanced in English.
But, then again, so is every female inside Mark Hix's establishment – not necessarily in words, but certainly with eyes and body language. It is astonishing how some people – this man is now 65 – still, somehow, »
- Euan Ferguson
The Rum Diary TV spots
3 October 2011 5:32 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
New TV spots for The Rum Diary, starring Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart, Giovanni Ribisi and Richard Jenkins. After seeing these new spots, I'm super-keen to catch the FilmDistrict adventure drama helmed by Bruce Robinson, who scripts from the novel by Hunter S. Thompson. It's been so long since Robinson took the wheel, almost twenty years actually. His last time at the helm was 1992's Jennifer Eight, starring Andy Garcia, Uma Thurman, Lance Henriksen and John Malkovich. Prior to that, Robinson directed How to Get Ahead in Advertising with Richard E. Grant and Rachel Ward starring. »
‘The Rum Diary’ Poster: Here’s Where the Rum Went
8 September 2011 | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
In 2009, after spending several years in development hell, a film based upon the early Hunter S. Thomson novel The Rum Diary (a book not published until the late '90s) went before cameras with Bruce Robinson (Withnail & I, How to Get Ahead in Advertising) directing from his own script, and Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart and Richard Jenkins starring. The movie took months to film, and then many more months to secure distribution. It was only in February of this year that FilmDistrict stepped in to release the movie. The trailer [1] -- a lively, sometimes frantic, and fairly entertaining collection of footage -- dropped not long ago. Now check out a poster for the film in which Johnny Depp essentially reprises his role as Thompson. The Rum Diary arrives on October 28, as the poster proclaims. [2] Tiring of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, »
- Russ Fischer
New poster for Johnny Depp in The Rum Diary
7 September 2011 11:19 PM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Bruce Robinson is bringing Hunter S Thompson's The Rum Diary to the big screen, with the help of Johnny Depp. Here's the poster to prove it...
For his next movie, Johnny Depp is heading back to ground he previously trod in Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, the Terry Gilliam film in which he portrayed author Hunter S Thompson.
With The Rum Diary, Depp is now appearing in a film based on a Thompson book, and what’s particularly interesting about this one is the man who’s directing.
That man is Bruce Robinson, who brought us Withnail And I and How To Get Ahead In Advertising. It’s Robinson’s first directorial effort since Jennifer 8, way back in 1992, and The Rum Diary was actually shot back in 2009.
The movie co-stars Aaron Eckhart and Richard Jenkins, and is arriving in Us cinemas next month. With that in mind, here »
Hunter S. Thompson’s The Rum Diary Trailer Starring Johnny Depp
26 August 2011 7:41 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
If you're tired of seeing Johnny Depp sell his soul for virtually every Disney blockbuster in development nowadays, you just might be interested in the very first trailer for The Rum Diary, which finds him returning to '90s territory to star in another Hunter S. Thompson adaptation. The Rum Diary was known for many years as Thompson's "long lost" novel until it was finally published in 1998. It is another pseudo-autobiographical tale of sex, booze and violence about a journalist who moves from New York to Puerto Rico to write for a run-down newspaper. Although technically this is a different character, Depp is clearly reprising his manic role from Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which is a lot of fun to watch. While this might not be another instant classic without someone like Gilliam at the helm, Bruce Robinson previously directed Withnail & I and How to Get Ahead in Advertising »
- Sean
Watch Johnny Depp in The Rum Diary Trailer
25 August 2011 7:31 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Check out the new trailer for Johnny Depp’s The Rum Diary, due in theaters October 28.
Johnny Depp is a machine, an unnaturally youthful and nearly infallible creative machine. The Rum Diary is his newest starring vehicle, a long time gestated, adapted from Hunter S. Thompson’s book of the same name. From the trailer, the film looks fun and features a respectable cast including Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart, Giovanni Ribisi and Richard Jenkins.
As if the cast wasn’t enough to justify seeing The Rum Diary, the film was written and directed by Bruce Robinson… wait, what? Ok, I didn’t just hear you say “the guy who made Jennifer 8,” because (while that’s a modestly decent film) the man was a cultural filmmaking icon of the ’80s! For those of you unfamiliar with his early work, go out this weekend and track down Withnail & I (1987) and How To Get Ahead In Advertising »
- Travis Keune
‘The Rum Diary’ Trailer: Johnny Depp and Hunter S. Thompson, Round Two
25 August 2011 6:59 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
We've been waiting quite some time to see anything besides still photos from The Rum Diary, in which Johnny Depp stars as Paul Kemp, essentially a stand-in for Hunter S. Thompson as seen in Thompson's early novel The Rum Diary. The film went into development quite some time ago and shot in 2009. It won't hit the festival circuit this fall, but it will hit some theaters in October and you can see a trailer below. In addition to Depp, Richard Jenkins features as Kemp's editor, with whom he has a contentious relationship, and Amber Heard plays Chenault, the partner (more or less) of Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart), both of whom he meets while spending some time in the Caribbean. The great Bruce Robinson (Withnail & I, How to Get Ahead in Advertising) wrote and directed. Check out the trailer below. Yahoo [1] now has the HD version. Tiring of the noise and madness »
- Russ Fischer
New Image From The Rum Diary
16 August 2011 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Gk Films has released a new photo from their long-awaited Hunter S. Thompson adaptation The Rum Diary , depicting Johnny Depp as journalist Paul Kemp and Amber Heard as Chenault. Directed by Bruce Robinson ( How to Get Ahead in Advertising , Withnail and I ), the film allows Depp to again play a literary alter ego of Dr. Thompson, as he did in 1998's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas . Though it was Thompson's first novel, The Rum Diary wasn't published until the Terry Gilliam film was released. It tells of the young reporter, Kemp, who travels to San Juan, Puerto Rico to work at a newspaper in the 1950's. The film version also stars Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi and Marshall Bell and is planned for a limited release on October 28th. »
‘Putney Swope’ – hilarious, acerbic, and completely at ease with its level of production value
29 June 2011 8:00 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by Robert Downey
United States, 1969
Don’t you wish there were more films like Putney Swope? It’s . It’s William Klein meets Melvin van Peebles. It’s satire that’s garnered nods from the likes of Bamboozled, How to Get Ahead in Advertising and Network.
When the executive at a major advertising firm dies unexpectedly the lone black employee, Putney Swope (Arnold Johnson), is accidentally voted into power. Putney wastes no time: he renames the firm “Truth and Soul, Inc”, fires much of the white staff and takes the marketing world by storm with his unique and absurd ads.
It’s easy to write Putney Swope off as another manic brainchild of director Robert Downey Sr., but unlike his earlier, less successful films – Sweet Smell of Sex, Chafed Elbows – this one has real direction. It’s an out-and-out takedown of Madison Ave-style politics, including a complete »
- Neal Dhand
Looking back at Bruce Robinson’s Jennifer Eight
12 April 2011 3:44 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Bruce Robinson’s attempt at a Hollywood thriller, Jennifer Eight, was given a lukewarm reception in 1992. Zoë looks back at one of the writer/director’s less appreciated films...
Bruce Robinson is the director of cult classic, Withnail And I, and the hero of the upraised gems of British cinema and Hollywood. Not the most likely combination in the world. However, it created one of the best thrillers ever to come out of the film factory during the thriller boom of the 1990s.
Jennifer Eight was released in 1992. Starring Andy Garcia and Uma Thurman, it told the story of a serial killer who specialised in blind victims. Written and directed by Bruce Robinson, it was his attempt at commercial cinema, but was it to be a cinematic revolution?
Jennifer Eight is set in the small town of Eureka. Eureka was a quiet and extremely rainy little town until John Berlin arrived. »
Bruce Robinson Started Drinking Again To Write 'The Rum Diary'
23 February 2011 7:26 AM, PST | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Says The Film Has "De-Innoculated" Him From Directorial Retirement Apparently, Bruce Robinson not only gave up his filmmaking retirement to tackle an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's "The Rum Diary" at Johnny Depp's request, he also gave up his sobriety. The British writer-director of such films as "Withnail & I" and "How To Get Ahead In Advertising" had all but given up on filmmaking before Depp--fulfilling a promise he had made to the legendary Thompson while alive--approached him with the project, based on the Thompson's own experiences as a young journalist in Puerto Rico in 1960. Once everything had come… »
Looking back at How To Get Ahead In Advertising
22 February 2011 5:58 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Bruce Robinson’s follow-up to Withnail And I was the less acclaimed How To Get Ahead In Advertising. Zoe looks back at an underappreciated British comedy...
What do you get if you mix Richard E Grant with two heads, madness, paranoia, anti-commercialism and a lot of swearing? A Bruce Robinson film, of course.
Introducing How To Get Ahead In Advertising, then. No doubt you've heard of the cult classic, Withnail And I, the story of two actors who go on holiday by mistake. A flop when first released, the film gained cult status after being rediscovered on video many years later. And now with the recent DVD release of this 80s classic, I think it is about time How To Get Ahead In Advertising got the praise it deserves.
The plot is very simple. Advertising executive, Denis Bagley, played by Richard E Grant, is finding it difficult to create an advertising campaign for boils. »
Blu-Ray Monday: Jan. 11th, 2011
9 January 2011 9:59 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Your Weekly Source for Blu-Ray and DVD Release News Blu-Ray for Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011
David Fincher’s Best Picture contender The Social Network hits store shelves today. Two modern classics — Kevin Costner’s western Dances With Wolves and Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull, adapted from Jake La Matta’s memoir — receive special anniversary special editions. Criterion Collection releases two classic films on Blu-Ray: John-Pierre Melville’s Army Of Shadows — a WWII story about the French Resistance, set in 1942 and thick with realism — and Byron Haskin’s Robinson Crusoe On Mars — a fascinating sci-fi story about an astronaut stranded on Mars with only a monkey as his companion, he must find someway to survive with limited water and oxygen.
Army Of Shadows: Criterion Collection (1969) Dances With Wolves: 20th Anniversary Edition (1990) Endless Summer (1966) The Great Debaters (2007) Once Upon A Time In America (1984) Piranha (1978) Raging Bull: 30th Anniversary Edition (1980) Rob Roy »
- Travis Keune
2011 | 2010
15 items from 2011
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