THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON
THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON
August 9, 2019
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
2 Hollywood Critics Association Award Nominations - Breakthrough Performance, Zack Gottsagen & Best First Feature
North Texas Film Critics Association nominee - Best Picture
Winner - National Board of Review - One of the Top 10 Independent Films of 2019
Winner - SXSW Audience Award 2019 - Narrative Spotlight
Directors
Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz
Writers
Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz
Producers
Albert Berger, p.g.a. & Ron Yerxa, p.g.a,Christopher Lemole, p.g.a. & Tim Zajaros, p.g.a,Lije Sarki, p.g.a. David Thies, p.g.a
Starring
Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, and Zack Gottsagen
Synopsis
A modern Mark Twain style adventure story, THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON tells the story of Zak (Gottsagen), a young man with Down syndrome, who runs away from a residential nursing home to follow his dream of attending the professional wrestling school of his idol, The Salt Water Redneck (Thomas Haden Church). A strange turn of events pairs him on the road with Tyler (LaBeouf), a small time outlaw on the run, who becomes Zak’s unlikely coach and ally. Together they wind through deltas, elude capture, drink whisky, find God, catch fish, and convince Eleanor (Johnson), a kind nursing home employee charged with Zak’s return, to join them on their journey.