Green Book (2018)

Directed by

Peter Farrelly

Genre

drama film, comedy film, road movie, biographical film, comedy drama, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 12,990 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A working-class Italian-American man from New York is hired to drive an African-American pianist on a concert tour through the segregated Deep South in the early 1960s. The two men set out with very different backgrounds and quickly clash, but as they travel together they start to understand each other.

warmhumorousbittersweetgentleupliftingnostalgiceasygoingthoughtful

What happens

Green Book is a 2018 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Farrelly. Starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, the biographical film is inspired by the true story of a 1962 tour of the Deep South by African-American pianist Don Shirley and Italian-American bouncer and later actor Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga, who served as Shirley's driver and bodyguard. Written by Farrelly alongside Lip's son Nick Vallelonga and Brian Hayes Currie, the film is based on interviews with Lip and Shirley, as well as letters Lip wrote to his wife. It is named after The Negro Motorist Green Book, a guide book for African-American travelers founded by Victor Hugo Green in 1936 and published until 1966. Green Book had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2018, where it won the People's Choice Award. It was then theatrically released in the United States on November 16, 2018, by Universal Pictures, and grossed $321 million worldwide. The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances of Mortensen and Ali, although it also drew some criticism for its racial dynamics and its depiction of Shirley. Green Book received many awards and nominations. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor (for Ali), making it the fifth film to win Best Picture without being nominated for Best Director (after Wings, Grand Hotel, Driving Miss Daisy and Argo). It also won the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture, the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and the National Board of Review award for the best film of 2018, and was chosen as one of the top 10 films of the year by the American Film Institute. Ali also won the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and BAFTA Awards for Best Supporting Actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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