Apple Magazine - Issue 420 (2019-11-15)

The Peanut

Butter Falcon

Zak (Zack Gottsagen) is a young man with
Down syndrome who runs away from his
care home to pursue his dream of becoming
a wrestler. In the process, he befriends a
troubled outlaw and fisherman, Tyler (Shia
LaBeouf ), who becomes his coach and ally.

FIVE FACTS:

1. The Peanut Butter Falcon is a comedy-
   drama film directed and written by Tyler
   Nilson and Michael Schwartz, effectively
   a modern retelling of the Huckleberry
   Finn story.


2. Its world premiere was at South by
   Southwest on March 9, 2019.


3. It was while filming on location in
   Savannah, Georgia in July 2017 that
   Shia LaBeouf was arrested on public
   drunkenness charges.


4. Other cast members include Dakota
   Johnson, John Hawkes and Bruce Dern.


5. The movie became a ‘sleeper hit’, grossing
   more than $20 million worldwide.

by Tyler Nilson

Genre: Action & Adventure

Released: 2019

Price: $14.99

56 Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes

95 %