The Beach Bum
“You gotta go low to get high.”
An irreverent comedy about the misadventures of Moondog, a rebellious stoner and lovable rogue who lives large.
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Cast
40 people
Matthew McConaughey
Moondog
Known for
Interstellar
Dallas Buyers Club
Snoop Dogg
Lingerie
Known for
Starsky & Hutch
Training Day
Isla Fisher
Minnie
Known for
Now You See Me
Rango
Jimmy Buffett
Himself
Known for
Hoot
Zac Efron
Flicker
Known for
The Greatest Showman
17 Again
Martin Lawrence
Captain Wack
Known for
Bad Boys II
Open Season
Stefania LaVie Owen
Heather
Known for
Sweet Tooth
Messiah
Jonah Hill
Lewis
Known for
The Wolf of Wall Street
21 Jump Street
Donovan St V. Williams
Rasta
No other roles listed
David Bennett
Homeless Phil
Joshua Ritter
Frank "Limp Dick"
Known for
The Right Stuff
John Morris
Cash Register Guy
Harmony Korine Director · John Debney Composer Benoît Debie Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $4.6M · Budget $5M · United States release March 29, 2019
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$4,554,416
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
Riverstone Pictures
Production
Vice Studios
Production
SPK Pictures
Production
RocketScience
Production
Iconoclast
Production
Anonymous Content
Production
Le Grisbi Productions
Production
Neon
Studio
France · Switzerland · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · March 9, 2019
Premiere · South by Southwest Film Festival
United States · March 29, 2019
Theatrical
United States · June 18, 2019
Physical
Australia
August 3, 2019 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
November 28, 2019 · Limited theatrical · New South Wales State Exclusive (Golden Age)
December 19, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Victoria State Exclusive (Theatre Royal Castlemaine)
Brazil
March 2, 2020 · Digital
Czechia
May 2, 2019 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 17, 2019 · Theatrical
France
June 22, 2021 · Digital · VOD
July 7, 2021 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
August 4, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
March 28, 2019 · Theatrical
Greece
April 4, 2019 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 21, 2019 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 25, 2019 · Digital
Italy
October 4, 2019 · Premiere · Milano Film Festival
March 24, 2020 · Digital
Japan
April 30, 2021 · Digital
Netherlands
March 28, 2019 · Theatrical
Poland
July 26, 2019 · Digital
Portugal
May 9, 2019
Romania
March 29, 2019 · Digital
Russia
March 28, 2019 · Theatrical
Slovakia
May 2, 2019 · Theatrical
Switzerland
March 21, 2019 · Digital
Ukraine
April 4, 2019 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 25, 2019 · Theatrical
May 4, 2020 · Physical
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