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The Peanut Butter Falcon

The Peanut Butter Falcon

20197.41h 37m

Overview

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.

Directed by Tyler Nilson
Written by Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz
Produced by Tim Zajaros, Ron Yerxa, Lije Sarki
Box OfficeBudget: $6.2MRevenue: $23.7M

Top Cast

Shia LaBeouf

Shia LaBeouf

Tyler

Zack Gottsagen

Zack Gottsagen

Zak

Dakota Johnson

Dakota Johnson

Eleanor

Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church

Salt Water Redneck

John Hawkes

John Hawkes

Duncan

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern

Carl

Jon Bernthal

Jon Bernthal

Mark

Yelawolf

Yelawolf

Ratboy

Wayne Dehart

Wayne Dehart

Blind Jasper John

Aurelian Smith Jr.

Aurelian Smith Jr.

Sam

Themes & Keywords

escaperunawaywrestlingdown syndromeon the runwrestling coachraftnursing homedisabilitydream come trueescape plansouthern gothic

About The Peanut Butter Falcon

The Peanut Butter Falcon is a adventure, comedy, drama film released in 2019 exploring themes of escape, runaway, wrestling, down syndrome, on the run, wrestling coach. Directed by Tyler Nilson, it stars Shia LaBeouf, Zack Gottsagen, Dakota Johnson. 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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