Factory sealed DVD</br></br>Product Description</br></br>Based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson?? <i>The Rum Diary</i>?? follows itinerant journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) on an alcohol-fueled journey across the pristine island of Puerto Rico. Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island?? Paul soon becomes obsessed wit"enault (Amber Heard) the wildly attractive fianc?e of Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart)?? an American businessman involved in shady development deals. 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 him down.</br></br>Amazon.com</br></br>Actor-producer Johnny Depp pays homage to his friend Hunter S. Thompson through this sprightly adaptation of the novelist's semi-autobiographical novel. Depp plays Paul Kemp?? the booze-sozzled journalist who takes center stage in Bruce Robinson's period comedy. Out of desperation?? the New Yorker takes a job with a San Juan newspaper in 1960?? where he reports to the cynical Lotterman (Richard Jenkins) and shares a squalid flat with laid-back photographer Sala (<i>The Sopranos</i>' Michael Rispoli) and the truly unhinged "and religion" reporter Moburg (a scene-stealing Giovanni Ribisi). The three Ugly Americans do their best to drain the island's rum supply until Kemp meets Aaron Eckhart's slick Sanderson?? who recruits the writer to promote his real estate ventures?? regardless as to the number of poverty-str