THE RUM DIARY Production Notes - Visual Hollywood
THE RUM DIARY Production Notes - Visual Hollywood
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<strong>THE</strong> <strong>RUM</strong> <strong>DIARY</strong> (2011)<br />
PRODUCTION NOTES<br />
―Camelot‖ and is developing the drama series, ―Port Royal.‖ FilmDistrict is a multi-faceted<br />
studio that encompasses acquisitions, distribution, production and financing on wide release<br />
commercial pictures. The company plans to theatrically distribute several films per year.<br />
Headington first met King in 2004 when he invested in King‘s former production company,<br />
Initial Entertainment Group, as it was financing and producing the award-winning film The<br />
Aviator, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio.<br />
Headington is also a partner in the music management company Wright Entertainment Group<br />
(WEG), looking after such notable stars as Justin Timberlake, the Jonas Brothers, Ciara and<br />
Janet Jackson.<br />
PETER KOHN (Co-producer/lst Assistant Director). Peter Kohn reunites with director Bruce<br />
Robinson on The Rum Diary. They first worked together on ―Withnail & I,‖ and again on ―How<br />
To Get Ahead in Advertising.‖ ―The Rum Diary‖ marks his debut as a co-producer. Kohn has<br />
had a prolific career as lst assistant director and associate producer.<br />
Most recently, he was assistant director on Ridley Scott‘s ―Body of Lies,‖ starring Leonardo<br />
DiCaprio, ―Rendition‖ starring Reese Witherspoon, and acted as associate producer and assistant<br />
director on ―Blades of Glory‖ starring Will Ferell.<br />
Kohn‘s association with Johnny Depp began on the first of Gore Verbinski‘s swashbuckling<br />
adventure films ―Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl‖. He went on to work<br />
with Depp on ―Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man‘s Chest,‖ and ―Pirates of the Caribbean: At<br />
World‘s End,‖ and ―Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides‖.<br />
Kohn‘s other credits as lst assistant director/associate producer include ―The Manchurian<br />
Candidate,‖ ―Air Force One,‖ and as lst assistant director ―K-PAX,‖ ―The Devil‘s Own,‖<br />
―Beloved,‖ ―Outbreak,‖ ―The Road to Wellville,‖ ―The Pelican Brief,‖ and ―In The Line of<br />
Fire.‖<br />
DARIUSZ WOLSKI, ASC (Director of Photography). Dariusz Wolski most recently completed<br />
Ridley Scott's upcoming sci-fi extravaganza PROME<strong>THE</strong>US in 3D. Wolski's previous<br />
experiences with the format include―Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides‖ directed by<br />
Rob Marshall, and on the Disney smash hit ―Alice in Wonderland.‖ He lensedTim Burton‘s<br />
―Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street‖ starring Johnny Depp, and all three of Gore<br />
Verbinski‘s swashbuckling adventure films ―Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black<br />
Pearl,‖ "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's<br />
End" - all starring Depp.<br />
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