The trailer for a new Apple Films feature called “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” is out now and it looks like it will be a really enjoyable film.
What’s even better is that this based on the entirely true story of John “Chick” Donohue who, as a 26-year old former Marine, decided to take a beer to some of the local neighborhood boys who were deployed in Vietnam. He came up with this idea after the bartender of a the local pub complained about how the anti-war movement in the U.S. was picking up and how it would be perceived by the soldiers and marines fighting.
There’s actually a memoir by Donohue called The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War on Amazon. Or you can read this short synopsis from Task & Purpose or watch this interview with him on “TODAY” from 2020.
Part of the trailer eludes to the central point, the beer isn’t the goal, it’s a means to the goal of friendship and camaraderie. Some of my best memories with friends are the random trips we’d take for a beer in a random country or city, not because we drank beer but because we did it together. From taking someone’s word about a brewpub in Bratislava that actually turned out to be really good to getting stranded on the train to Budapest. All of it was fun and was never about the beer but the friendship.
Anyway, really looking forward to this film and I hope it is as good as the trailer makes it seem. The cast is pretty hard to beat and the story is incredible.
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