Friendship has no last call.
Chickie wants to support his friends fighting in Vietnam, so he does something wild—personally bring them American beer. What starts as a well-meaning journey quickly changes Chickie's life and perspective.
- 7.5
- 2022
- Released
- 2h 7m
Zac Efron
John 'Chickie' Donohue
Russell Crowe
Arthur Coates
Kyle Allen
Bobby Pappas
Bill Murray
The Colonel
Jake Picking
Rick Duggan
Will Ropp
Kevin McLoone
Archie Renaux
Tom Collins
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis
Christine
Will Hochman
Tommy Minogue
Christopher Reed Brown
Noodle
Joe Adler
Red
MacGregor Arney
Brendan
Hal Cumpston
Leary
Kristin Carey
Mrs. Minogue
Paul Adelstein
Mr. Donohue
Matt Cook
Lt. Habershaw
Shirleyann Kaladjian
Mrs. Donohue
Kevin Tran
Hieu 'Oklahoma'
Bob Farrelly
Baby-Face
Branden Lindsay
Jimmy BurnsOmari K. Chancellor
EricksonCarlos Arroyo
Sgt. Major PerezKelvin Delgado
GinesThomas Jordan
LeascoPhil Anthony Edwards
Duvall
Thai-Hoa Le
Bartender Hien
Deanna Russo
Correspondent Woelfel
James Laver
Correspondent Lewis
Paul Sloan
CIA AgentNguyen Viet Anh
ARVN Interpreter
Alex Huynh
Prisoner
Kevin J. Flynn
Seafarers Union Clerk
Sean Gildea
Drake Captain Beauchene
Goya Robles
AlmeidaBradley M. Hayes
Saigon MP
Brian Jarvis
Major Breuer
Mike Hatton
Captain Dyer
Mike Gray
Lt. FuscoThomas Ronca
Cpl. Warner
Steve Sweeney
Lt. Commander WashburnJosefina Grajo Villanueva
Embassy Bureaucrat
Jackie Flynn
Major Flynn
James Fahselt
Mason
Anabel Graetz
NannyNgo Hoang Long
Caravelle Porter
Lisa Rothschiller
Mrs. CollinsJohn Garrett Mahlmeister
LZ Jane Radio OperatorMichael Grant Selby
Jeep Soldier Soucy
Terry Mullany
Jeep Soldier HardcastleMalik Tyshawn Louis
Long Binh FiremanMata Toure
Medic MolloyFinn Gesner
Cool Breeze
Apple Farrelly
Protester #1Rory Gesner
Protester #2Alicia Jordan
Protester #4Tuck Gesner
Protester #5
Henry Mortensen
Baby Killer ProtesterMariann Farrelly
Counter-ProtesterAndrew Small
Parish PriestSimeon Drew Young
Military Truck Driver
Mav Kang
Helicopter Pilot MioskyLe Minh Phuc
Saigon Cab Driver
Chananticha Chaipa
Little GirlNguyen Thi Thanh Thao
Vietnamese MotherDuran Russell
Embassy Soldier
Pedro Correa
PFC William SebastJake Mooney
SPC Charles DanielsNguyen Van Vo
South Vietnam Field Force OfficerThanawat Jhongfakklang
Grieving Saigon FatherAlexander Winters
Long Binh PrivateKelsea Edgerly
Protester (uncredited)
Dennis W. Hall
Mr. Minogue (uncredited)Phil Korz
Bar Patron (uncredited)Caroline Plyler
Minogue Friend (uncredited)Mark Rome
Protester (uncredited)
Ron Smoorenburg
Soldier (uncredited)Alexander Winters
Long Binh Private
Released
en
$2,800,000.00
- #vietnam war
- #based on novel or book
- #war correspondent
- #beer
- #based on true story
- #aftercreditsstinger
- #1960s
Reviews
Unfortunately not funny. Good war footage and engaging fish-out-of-water scenes. Crowe stuff is great. Kind of like Forrest Gump.
**By: Louisa Moore / www.ScreenZealots.com** What bugs me the most about “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” is director Peter Farrelly’s indecisiveness. He can’t seem to pick a tone and stick with it. The first part is filled with lighthearted moments that make it seem like the film is a tailor-made crowd-pleasing movie. The last half of the film (and the strongest) is firm in its anti-war messaging.
This tells the true story of Chickie Donohue (Zac Efron) who decided that he was fed up hearing the continuing reports of bad news from the Vietnam war, and so decided to travel to the war zone - as a civilian - and take the serving friends from his neighbourhood some beer! Using a combination of guile and brass neck, he is soon in situ, where he encounters the cynical journalist Arthur Coates (Ru