The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022) on Netflix
R20222h 7mAdventureComedyDrama
In 1967, Chickie Donohue, a merchant seaman in Inwood, decides to lift his friends' spirits by delivering American beer to them in Vietnam. He sails for Saigon.
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- Netflix2.8/5
- IMDb6.8/1038,158 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes42%
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Plot summary
John "Chickie" Donohue is a Marine Corps veteran and merchant seaman living in Inwood, New York City, with his family. His sister Christine opposes the Vietnam War. Chickie goes with his friends to the funeral of an old friend killed in action, and they learn that another close friend, Tommy, is missing in action. Chickie and Red discuss raising the morale of their friends overseas, and Chickie decides to carry beer to them himself. He sails to Saigon with a duffle bag holding cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon. There, military police officer Tommy Collins urges him to return home rather than risk danger, then helps him work out a route to the friends he seeks.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)
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- Viggo Mortensen was cast and Dylan O'Brien joined him, but both were out when Apple Studios picked up the film in March 2021. Zac Efron and Russell Crowe then entered negotiations to replace them, with Bill Murray courted for a supporting role.
- John "Chickie" Donohue, whose beer run the film recounts, said he was "a staunch supporter of the war" until he got to Vietnam, where he "saw things that just weren't right, and it was just false, totally false."
