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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 35 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘The Rum Diary’ With Johnny Depp
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on October 22, 2011 - 10:44pm
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The movie poster for “The Rum Diary” with Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi and Aaron Eckhart.
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What kinds of journalists can be and cannot be trusted?
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Winners need to arrive early as seats are consumed on a first-come, first-served basis. Since advance screenings are overbooked to ensure a full house, winners are not guaranteed entrance and must arrive early. We recommend arriving 45 minutes before the screening’s scheduled start time. Winners are typically e-mailed our advance-screening passes two days before the screening date. HollywoodChicago.com LLC is a promotional partner with the studio and its partners and doesn’t assume any liability for this giveaway.
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CHICAGO – In our latest adventure/drama edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 35 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “The Rum Diary” starring Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi and Aaron Eckhart!
“The Rum Diary,” which is based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson about journalist Paul Kemp, also stars Richard Jenkins, Amber Heard, Michael Rispoli, Amaury Nolasco, Marshall Bell, Bill Smitrovich, Julian Holloway, Bruno Irizarry, Enzo Cilenti, Aaron Lustig, Tisuby González and Natalia Rivera from writer and director Bruce Robinson. The film opens on Oct. 28, 2011.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “The Rum Diary” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This advance screening is on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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Here is the plot description for “The Rum Diary”:
Based on the debut novel by Hunter S. Thompson, “The Rum Diary” tells the increasingly unhinged story of itinerant journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp). Tiring of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper, The San Juan Star, which is run by downtrodden editor Lotterman (Richard Jenkins).
Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Paul soon becomes obsessed with Chenault (Amber Heard). She’s 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 businessmen’s financial benefit or use them to take the bastards down.
The movie trailer for “The Rum Diary” can be watched now below.
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 | By ADAM FENDELMAN |
Trusting Journos
This is all based on the reputation of the journalist.
Journalist that only care
Journalist that only care about fame and making money are the ones that can’t be trusted. Those that actually care about getting the story correct and going beyond the necessary steps to seek the truth are the ones that can be trusted.
I’m all in.
I’m all in.
Any one journalist can write
Any one journalist can write a truthful or twisted story.
Trust no one!
Trust no one!
Trust no one!
Trust no one!
Journalists that can't be trusted...
are those unbiased with a clear agenda in their reporting. Those who can be trusted have to have true grit, and thankfully some are chock full of that.
No one.
No one.
I think you can find one in
I think you can find one in just about every catagory. Political is a little shaky though.
Dairy Diary
Adding my voice to the consensus that it’s wise to be cautious while talking to journalists.