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Director: Tyler Nilson
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Zack Gottsagen, Dakota Johnson, Thomas Haden Church
A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.
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The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019), directed by Tyler Nilson, is a heartwarming adventure comedy that blends genres in a unique and emotionally resonant way. Led by standout performances from Shia LaBeouf and Zack Gottsagen, the film explores themes of friendship, identity, and self-discovery with a quirky charm that will particularly delight fans of offbeat, character-driven dramedies.
The Peanut Butter Falcon is a 2019 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, in their directorial film debut, and starring Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, John Hawkes, and Thomas Haden Church. The plot follows a young man with Down syndrome who escapes from an assisted living facility and befriends a wayward fisherman on the run. As the two men form a rapid bond, a social worker attempts to track them. Filming took place in North Carolina and Georgia.
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