At the Toronto International Film Festival, we spoke to the cast of The Greatest Beer Run at its premiere event with Zach Efron, Kyle Allen, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Archie Renaux, Kristine Fernandez Donahue, Jake Picking, Peter Farrelly, and Andrew Muscato. Efron said when he picked up the script, he couldn't put it down and liked the aspect of the film's point of view told through a civilian. Meanwhile, Allen said a bit about his character and then went into how the script was one of the most insane stories he had ever read and was willing to do anything he had to do to make sure he was a part of the film. The rest of the cast was excited to talk about their characters, their initial reactions when they heard it was a true story, and why they were so excited to premiere at the festival.
Host: Monica Gleberman
Editor: Marianna Randazzo
Social Media Graphic: Jojo
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Synopsis:
The year is 1967, and the US war in Vietnam is escalating. One drunken night in a New York bar, surrounded by the friends and family members of American soldiers killed in action, Marine Corps veteran and merchant seaman John “Chickie” Donohue (Efron) is posed a magnificently preposterous challenge: what if he were to sneak into Vietnam, locate all his friends in combat, and provide them with messages of love and encouragement — and a whole bunch of brewskis? Chickie hatches a half-baked plan and is on his way. He doesn’t anticipate a crash course in the intricacies of war, truth, and honour, courtesy of Coates (Crowe), a Look photographer with first-hand experience of this ongoing disaster that the American public is only gradually becoming aware of.
*The Greatest Beer Run is currently screening at TIFF. To find out more and to buy tickets, visit: https://www.tiff.net/events/the-greatest-beer-run-ever
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