Tag: the rum diary

A Sixty-Year History of The Rum Diary

Posted by David S. Wills | Jun 26, 2020 | Beatdom Content, Essays

Sixty years ago, on June 26th, 1960, an article with an odd title appeared in the Louisville...

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The Rum Diary and the Youth of Hunter S. Thompson

Posted by David S. Wills | Dec 7, 2013 | Fact & Fiction in Las Vegas

Update: There is a much more detailed exploration of The Rum Diary here. One mustn’t forget, in...

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Review: The Rum Diary (2011)

Posted by David S. Wills | Dec 7, 2011 | Reviews

Review by Jamie Pinnock Over a decade following his psychedelic explosion onto the silver-screen...

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Hunter S. Thompson & Ralph Steadman Movies

Posted by David S. Wills | Sep 2, 2011 | Beat News

Folks, you’ve probably heard. We’ve pushed it on our Facebook page and our Twitter...

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Big Sur: The Movie

Posted by David S. Wills | Apr 16, 2011 | Beat News

This past year has been kind to fans of the Beat Generation. First there was “Howl”,...

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