Green Book

2018 film by Peter Farrelly

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Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

Released: 2018-11-16130 minDir: Peter FarrellyDrama, Comedy, HistoryBudget: $23.0MBox office: $322M

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Cast

Viggo Mortensen as Tony Lip
Mahershala Ali as Dr. Don Shirley
Linda Cardellini as Dolores
Sebastian Maniscalco as Johnny Venere
Dimiter D. Marinov as Oleg
Mike Hatton as George

Themes

friendship
southern usa
based on true story
road trip
racism
pianist
driver
lgbt
road movie
music tour

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Ratings

IMDb

8.2/10

682,124 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

77%

Metacritic

69/100

Year: 2018
Runtime: 130 min
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Rated: PG-13
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. 58 wins & 125 nominations total

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Wikidata facts

Duration: 130
FilmAffinity ID: 710220
Official website: www.greenbookfilm.co.uk

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publication date: 2018-09-11
title: Green Book
box office: 321752656
social media followers: 7251
review score: 69/100
capital cost: 23000000
Commons category: Green Book (film)
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture

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Encyclopedic overview

Green Book is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Peter Farrelly. Starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, the 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.

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