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The Greatest Beer Run Ever
The Greatest Beer Run Ever is a 2022 American biographical war comedy drama film, co-written and directed by Peter Farrelly, based on the book of the same name by John "Chickie" Donohue and Joanna Molloy. The film, starring Zac Efron and Russell Crowe, follows the true story of Donohue, who, as a young man, sneaks into the Vietnam War to deliver some beer to his friends while they serve their duty.
The Greatest Beer Run Ever had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2022, and released in select US theaters on September 23 and on Apple TV+ on September 30, 2022, by Apple Studios. The film received mixed reviews from critics.
In 1967, Marine Corps veteran John "Chickie" Donohue is a slacking merchant seaman who lives with his family in Inwood, New York City. His sister Christine is strongly opposed to the Vietnam War. Chickie and his friends attend the funeral of an old friend that has been killed in action, and are informed that another close friend, Tommy, has gone missing in action. Chickie and Red discuss lifting the spirits of their friends serving overseas and Chickie decides to deliver beers to them in South Vietnam.
Chickie sails to Saigon with a duffle bag full of Pabst Blue Ribbon cans. Military police officer Tommy Collins urges Chickie to stay out of danger and go home, but helps map out a plan for reaching Chickie's other friends. He travels to LZ Jane via Bien Hoa Air Base and Danang Air Base searching for Rick Duggan, serving in the 1st Cavalry Division. Duggan's sergeant summons him by radio, and he's exposed to enemy fire returning to the command post. Duggan allows Chickie to join his squad on the battlefield as they fire at the Viet Cong from trenches. Chickie passes beers out that night, and Duggan informs Chickie that one of their friends, Reynolds, was killed.
Travelling alone to Kontum Airfield by helicopter, Chickie watches two CIA agents interrogate a prisoner before throwing him to his death, and the agents pursue him as he requests a ride to Saigon. He runs into the jungle to elude them, and after he emerges that night is reunited with Kevin "Looney" McLoone who arranges a flight to Pleiku. Chickie throws him his beer as the helicopter ascends.
In Saigon, Chickie learns his ship has sailed for the Philippines due to warnings of an impending attack. Hieu directs him to the U.S. Embassy where a woman arranges a flight to Manila to rejoin the ship. He returns to the Caravelle Hotel and shows anti-war journalists photos as proof that he went to LZ Jane. When the Viet Cong invades Saigon in the surprise Tet Offensive, Chickie and photographer Arthur Coates explore the streets, where Chickie sees Hieu killed in the Viet Cong attack on US Embassy, as well as a US military vehicle blowing a hole in the perimeter wall from the outside. Coates photographs the aftermath of the embassy attack. The two drive to the scene of an explosion at Long Binh Post, where Coates explains that the military would rather fake an entry hole in the embassy wall than admit that the attack was an inside job. Chickie shares a beer with one last wounded friend, Bobby Pappas, who confirms Tommy Minogue's death.
Epilogue : Chickie returns home with a changed perspective on the war. He sits in a park among tributes for soldiers and shares his last beer with Christine. Collins, Duggan, McLoone, and Pappas returned from the war alive, and they all, "mostly," quit drinking. Although he never realized his childhood dreams of becoming a police officer, or selling peanuts at the Polo Grounds, Chickie graduated high school and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. After a long career with the New York City tunnel builders sandhog union, he eventually became their legislative and political director. A contemporary photograph of "The Boys Today" illustrates the real-life Inwood friends, Duggan, Pappas, Chickie, Collins, and McLoone.
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. The documentary was based on the true story of John "Chickie" Donohue who sailed to Vietnam to deliver beers to friends from the old neighborhood. He later said that he "was a staunch supporter of the war. But when I got there, I saw things that just weren't right, and it was just false, totally false."
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The Greatest Beer Run Ever
The Greatest Beer Run Ever is a 2022 American biographical war comedy drama film, co-written and directed by Peter Farrelly, based on the book of the same name by John "Chickie" Donohue and Joanna Molloy. The film, starring Zac Efron and Russell Crowe, follows the true story of Donohue, who, as a young man, sneaks into the Vietnam War to deliver some beer to his friends while they serve their duty.
The Greatest Beer Run Ever had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2022, and released in select US theaters on September 23 and on Apple TV+ on September 30, 2022, by Apple Studios. The film received mixed reviews from critics.
In 1967, Marine Corps veteran John "Chickie" Donohue is a slacking merchant seaman who lives with his family in Inwood, New York City. His sister Christine is strongly opposed to the Vietnam War. Chickie and his friends attend the funeral of an old friend that has been killed in action, and are informed that another close friend, Tommy, has gone missing in action. Chickie and Red discuss lifting the spirits of their friends serving overseas and Chickie decides to deliver beers to them in South Vietnam.
Chickie sails to Saigon with a duffle bag full of Pabst Blue Ribbon cans. Military police officer Tommy Collins urges Chickie to stay out of danger and go home, but helps map out a plan for reaching Chickie's other friends. He travels to LZ Jane via Bien Hoa Air Base and Danang Air Base searching for Rick Duggan, serving in the 1st Cavalry Division. Duggan's sergeant summons him by radio, and he's exposed to enemy fire returning to the command post. Duggan allows Chickie to join his squad on the battlefield as they fire at the Viet Cong from trenches. Chickie passes beers out that night, and Duggan informs Chickie that one of their friends, Reynolds, was killed.
Travelling alone to Kontum Airfield by helicopter, Chickie watches two CIA agents interrogate a prisoner before throwing him to his death, and the agents pursue him as he requests a ride to Saigon. He runs into the jungle to elude them, and after he emerges that night is reunited with Kevin "Looney" McLoone who arranges a flight to Pleiku. Chickie throws him his beer as the helicopter ascends.
In Saigon, Chickie learns his ship has sailed for the Philippines due to warnings of an impending attack. Hieu directs him to the U.S. Embassy where a woman arranges a flight to Manila to rejoin the ship. He returns to the Caravelle Hotel and shows anti-war journalists photos as proof that he went to LZ Jane. When the Viet Cong invades Saigon in the surprise Tet Offensive, Chickie and photographer Arthur Coates explore the streets, where Chickie sees Hieu killed in the Viet Cong attack on US Embassy, as well as a US military vehicle blowing a hole in the perimeter wall from the outside. Coates photographs the aftermath of the embassy attack. The two drive to the scene of an explosion at Long Binh Post, where Coates explains that the military would rather fake an entry hole in the embassy wall than admit that the attack was an inside job. Chickie shares a beer with one last wounded friend, Bobby Pappas, who confirms Tommy Minogue's death.
Epilogue : Chickie returns home with a changed perspective on the war. He sits in a park among tributes for soldiers and shares his last beer with Christine. Collins, Duggan, McLoone, and Pappas returned from the war alive, and they all, "mostly," quit drinking. Although he never realized his childhood dreams of becoming a police officer, or selling peanuts at the Polo Grounds, Chickie graduated high school and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. After a long career with the New York City tunnel builders sandhog union, he eventually became their legislative and political director. A contemporary photograph of "The Boys Today" illustrates the real-life Inwood friends, Duggan, Pappas, Chickie, Collins, and McLoone.
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. The documentary was based on the true story of John "Chickie" Donohue who sailed to Vietnam to deliver beers to friends from the old neighborhood. He later said that he "was a staunch supporter of the war. But when I got there, I saw things that just weren't right, and it was just false, totally false."