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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A 2011 American film starring Johnny Depp, based on Hunter S. Thompson's lone novel and written and directed by Bruce Robinson.Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) arrives on the island of Puerto Rico after being enlisted to become the newest reporter for the San Juan Star. Kemp is introduced to his newest co-workers, old veteran Bob Sala (Michael Rispoli) and oddball Moburg (Giovanni Ribisi) as well as his cigar-chomping editor boss Edward J. Lotterman (Richard Jenkins) and is told he will be doing color stories for the paper.The movie revolves around the many adventures Kemp gets himself into, eventually including a plot by a corrupt realtor Hal Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart) to purchase a nearby unspoiled island and turn it into yet another tourist destination. And things get even more complicated when Kemp ends up falling for Sandersons' girlfriend, Chenault (Amber Heard).Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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Adaptational Skimpiness: The scene with Chenault dancing at the bar is greatly toned down. In the book, she strips naked in the middle of the dance floor and gets dragged off by island locals, and is heavily implied to be raped. In the film, she wears a red dress and the scene fades away as she's dancing with the locals, making it more ambiguous whether she was raped or not.
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Beastly Bloodsports: To make money to print the last edition, Kemp, Sala and Moburg place a big cockfighting bet. They visit Papa Nebo, Moburg's hermaphrodite witch doctor, to lay a blessing on the strongest fighting cockerel on the island, which Sala manages to borrow. They win, but return to the office to find that the printing presses have been confiscated.
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Bar Brawl: Sanderson ends up getting beaten by the angry locals at the St. Thomas bar when Chenault decides to go dancing there just to spite him.
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The Alcoholic: Most of the main cast, but especially the side character Moberg whose booze consumption puts the rest of the cast drunken characters to shame.
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