The Greatest Beer Run Ever is a 2022 biographical action comedy film directed by Peter Farrelly, based on the book of the same name by Joanna Molloy and John "Chickie" Donohue. Farrelly, an absolute legend in the film industry who most recently directed the award-winning film Green Book (2018), began his career in 1994 with the comedy classic Dumb and Dumber. The film will have its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2022.
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.
The film stars Zac Efron, Russell Crowe, Bill Murray, Kyle Allen, Jake Picking, Will Ropp, and Archie Renaux.
The Greatest Beer Run Ever is set to debut in select theaters and on Apple TV+ on September 30th. Watch the official trailer below.