![]() The Rum Diary grossed over $13 million, while Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas made over $10 million and Where the Buffalo Roam made over $6 million. IT’S THE HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE ADAPTATION OF A THOMPSON WORK IT’S THE THIRD TIME A VERSION OF THOMPSON HAS APPEARED IN A FILMīill Murray played a version of Thompson in the 1980 film Where the Buffalo Roam, which wasn’t specifically based on any of Thompson’s books. He played Thompson’s persona Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. IT’S THE SECOND TIME JOHNNY DEPP PLAYS A VERSION OF HUNTER THOMPSON Many details-including Thompson’s position at the San Juan Star-were true. THE BOOK AND MOVIE WERE SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL (STRESS THE “SEMI”) Thompson’s first novel, entitled Prince Jellyfish, still remains unpublished. The book wasn’t officially published until 1998. ![]() THOMPSON’S SECOND NOVELĪ then 22-year-old Thompson wrote The Rum Diary in 1959, but it was abandoned until Johnny Depp found it among Thompson’s papers decades later. Grab a bottle-or more-of your favorite booze and head down to the tropics with Hunter Thompson and Johnny Depp as we look at a few facts you may not have known about The Rum Diary. ![]()
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