The Rum Diary: A Screenplay
Title | The Rum Diary: A Screenplay PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce Robinson |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2012-07-31 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1448156106 |
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHNNY DEPP A screenplay based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson It's 1960. In a highrise hotel not far from the beaches of San Juan, a man is recovering from an animal of a hangover. Paul Kemp is an alcoholic journalist who's barely seen better days, arriving at the only job he can get: writing horoscopes for failing rag The Daily Star. His fellow hacks are mostly crazy drunks on the verge of quitting, so Kemp fits in perfectly. But when he meets the impossibly gorgeous Chenault and her flashy boyfriend Sanderson, Kemp finds himself in way over his head - party to shady business deals, in hair-raising car chases with enraged Puerto Ricans, experimenting with a hitherto unknown hallucinogen - and finally discovers a mad, desperate devotion to the truth. Bruce Robinson brings Hunter S. Thompson's novel to the big screen with all the brilliance, wild humour and fierce energy associated with the acclaimed writer and director of Withnail & I and The Killing Fields.
The Rum Diary
Title | The Rum Diary PDF eBook |
Author | Hunter S. Thompson |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2011-10-17 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1408814676 |
The sultry classic of a journalist's sordid life in Puerto Rico, now a major motion picture starring Johnny Depp
The Rum Diary
Title | The Rum Diary PDF eBook |
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Pages | 0 |
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Genre | Alcoholics |
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Tired of the noise and madness of New York, journalist Paul Kemp moves to Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper. Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Kemp becomes obsessed with the fiancee of Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals. When he is recruited by Sanderson to write favorably about his latest unsavory scheme, Kemp is presented with the choice to use his words for the corrupt businessman's financial benefit, or use them to take him down.
Here's Your Wisdom for 2011
Title | Here's Your Wisdom for 2011 PDF eBook |
Author | John T. Schmitz |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2012-05-10 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 1105746240 |
Here's Your Wisdom For 2011 is a collection of John T. Schmitz's columns, which appear in the online magazine Secret Laboratory. Always witty and insightful, the author dissects, analyzes, and comments upon current events, national affairs, and politics. At times, Mr. Schmitz candidly discusses his personal life, giving the reader a glimpse inside the day-to-day drudgery of being an author, editor, reporter, husband, and father. One of the last entries in this book hints at an event that in the following months would shatter his domestic tranquility and leave him reeling. Never disappointing, Here's Your Wisdom is must-read material for anyone who is interested in controlling their own environment by way of the political process.
Songs of the Doomed
Title | Songs of the Doomed PDF eBook |
Author | Hunter S. Thompson |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2002-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0743240995 |
A collection of essays by Hunter Thompson that chart the high and low moments of his thirty-year career as a journalist
Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013
Title | Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013 PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Ebert |
Publisher | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Pages | 802 |
Release | 2012-12-04 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1449423442 |
Reviews originally appeared in the Chicago sun-times.
Encyclopedia of Journalists on Film
Title | Encyclopedia of Journalists on Film PDF eBook |
Author | Richard R. Ness |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 533 |
Release | 2020-01-15 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 1538103605 |
From All the President’s Men to Zodiac, some of the most compelling films of the last century have featured depictions of journalists in action. While print journalism struggles to survive, the emergence of news from social media outlets continues to expand, allowing the world to be kept informed on a second-bysecond basis. Despite attacks on journalists—both verbal and physical—a free press remains a crucial bastion for civilized society. And just as the daily news reflects the current state of affairs, films about journalism represent how reporting has evolved over the last few centuries. In Encyclopedia of Journalists on Film, Richard R. Ness provides a comprehensive examination of the fourth estate in cinema—from newspaper reporters to today’s cyber journalists. In this volume, Ness provides in-depth descriptions and analyses of more than five hundred significant films, from the silent era to the present, including international productions and made-for-television movies. The entries focus on the image of the press on screen and ethical issues or concerns raised about the practices of the profession. Collectively, the entries demonstrate that there is a recognizable genre of journalism films with definable plot patterns and iconography. Each entry features: Major credits including directors, writers, and producers List of characters and the actors who portray them Running time Plot synopsis Analysis of the role of journalism Many of the entries feature critical reviews as well as cogent selections of dialogue. Films discussed here include comedies such as His Girl Friday (1940), nail-biting thrillers like Foreign Correspondent (1940) and The Parallax View (1974), social commentaries like Network (1976) and The China Syndrome (1979), dramas like Citizen Kane (1941) and The Post (2017), and of course, Academy Award winners All the President’s Men (1976) and Spotlight (2015). A definitive study of a film genre, Encyclopedia of Journalists on Film will be of interest to film scholars, researchers, journalists, and students of popular culture.