What's the Difference between The Rum Diary the Book and The Rum Diary the Movie?
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Paul Kemp
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Paul Kemp
Portrayed by: Johnny Depp
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The Rum Diary Book vs Movie
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Paul Kemp takes a flight from New York to Puerto Rico. |
He has already arrived. |
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Paul is starting at the same time as Yeamon, a new reporter. Lotterman is talking with him when Paul arrives. |
Yeamon doesn't appear. Lotterman is in his office on the phone when Paul arrives.
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Paul and Sala take two girls out. Paul has sex with one of them on the beach. |
This doesn't happen. |
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Paul sees Chenault on the plane. She winds up being the girlfriend of Yeamon. |
Paul meets Chenault when she is skinny dipping in the water outside of his hotel. Yeamon doesn't exist, so she is the girlfriend of Sanderson.
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Sala and Kemp don't have a fridge in their apartment. |
They do. |
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Lotterman has a heart attack and dies. |
He leaves the newspaper, but doesn't die.
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Paul Kemp accompanies Zimburger on his assignment to the island he intends on turning into a tourist paradise. |
Sala tags along with Kemp, for a break from the Puerto Rican police. |
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Paul saves up funds from writing for the newspaper and odd writing jobs to buy his car and an apartment for himself. |
Sanderson lets him have a car from his garage and was going to have a place arranged for him. Consequently after the drama at the Carnival he takes back the keys of the car he gave to Kemp.
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Paul prepares to leave San Juan. He calls and books a flight on Pan Am. |
He steals Sanderson's boat and sails away to New York. |