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The Greatest Beer Run Ever
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Wikipedia article
'The Greatest Beer Run Ever' is a 2022 American biographical action comedy film co-written and directed by Peter Farrelly based on the book of the same name by Joanna Molloy and John "Chickie" Donohue. The film stars Zac Efron, Russell Crowe and Bill Murray.
It had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2022, and will be released in select theaters and on Apple TV+ on September 30, 2022.
Plot
In 1967, John Donohue was a 26-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran working as a merchant seaman when he was challenged one night in a New York City bar. The men gathered had lost family and friends in the ongoing war in Vietnam. One friend proposed an idea many might deem preposterous: one of them should sneak into Vietnam, track down their buddies in combat, and give each of them messages of support from back home, maybe some laughs, and beer.
Cast
* Zac Efron as John "Chickie" Donohue
* Russell Crowe as Arthur Coates
* Bill Murray as The Colonel
* Jake Picking as Rick Duggan
* Will Ropp as Kevin McLoone
* Archie Renaux as Tommy Collins
* Kyle Allen as Bobby Pappas
* Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Christine
* Matt Cook as Lt. Habershaw
* Omari K. Chancellor as Erickson
* Will Hochman as Tommy Minogue
* Goya Robles as Almeida
* Kevin K. Tran as Hieu 'Oklahoma'
Production
In 2015, Andrew Muscato produced and directed a short documentary "The Greatest Beer Run Ever". The short was released on the Pabst Blue Ribbon Youtube Channel on Veterans Day November 11, 2015.
On April 26, 2019, as soon as Skydance Media picked up the rights to adapt the book 'The Greatest Beer Run Ever' to film, Peter Farrelly came on board to write the script with Brian Currie and Pete Jones as well as direct the movie. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger would produce for Skydance along with Andrew Muscato. Viggo Mortensen was cast in the film, with Dylan O'Brien joining him soon after.
In March 2021, the film was picked up by Apple TV+, with Mortensen and O'Brien no longer involved. Zac Efron and Russell Crowe entered negotiations to join the cast to replace O'Brien and Mortensen with Bill Murray courted for a supporting role. Efron and Crowe were confirmed to join the cast in July 2021. Filming was expected at the time to begin in August 2021, either in Australia or New Zealand. Jake Picking, Will Ropp, Archie Renaux and Kyle Allen were cast in September 2021. Murray would be confirmed in October, with Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Matt Cook, Omari K. Chancellor and Will Hochman joining the next month.
Filming began in September 2021, and will shoot between Thailand and New Jersey.
Release
It had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2022, and will be released in select theaters and on Apple TV+ on September 30, 2022.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 30% based on 10 reviews, with an average of 4.8/10. Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 33 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
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