A man travels halfway around the globe to do an outrageous favor for his friends in Director Peter Farrelly’s biographical comedy-drama, The Greatest Beer Run Ever.
Based on an incredible, mostly true story, Farrelly’s film reveals the tale of John "Chickie" Donohue, who in 1967, journeys from his home in New York to the frontline in Vietnam to track down his neighborhood friends serving in the Army and bring them a little taste of home in the form of a few beers. While there, he is confronted with the horrors of the war.
On October 1, after the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles, Farrelly discussed the making of The Greatest Beer Run Ever during a Q&A moderated by Director Larry David (Sour Grapes).
During the conversation, Farrelly spoke about the challenges of filming in undesirable weather conditions in Thailand that doubled for the setting of Vietnam. “It was pouring the first week we were there. There was mud all over and it was like having cement boots with mud that you can't really remove. You are walking around with fifty extra pounds on your feet and you are trying to get it off, but you can't. It was over 100 degrees with bugs everywhere. But I love weather in a movie. When there's no weather, you just have sun all day. It made everything look so real."
Farrelly’s other directorial credits include the feature films Hall Pass, The Heartbreak Kid, Shallow Hal, There's Something About Mary, Kingpin, Dumb and Dumber and Dumb and Dumber To (all with his brother Bobby Farrelly); as well as solo projects including the movie for television Cuckoo; the pilot for the series Unhitched; and episodes of the series Loudermilk. He was also nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for his Academy Award-winning 2018 film, Green Book.
Farrelly has been a DGA member since 1994.
You can listen to Farrelly's Q&A by clicking the podcast episode embedded below. You can find more DGA podcast episodes here.