Green Book (2018)
Green Book is an Oscar-winning road movie starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali as Italian American bouncer Tony Lip and pianist prodigy Dr. Don Shirley, respectively. They form an unlikely friendship in the face of the all-pervasive racism and homophobia of the Deep South in the 1960s. The 2018 film is inspired by true events and its title comes from a real-life guidebook made for Black travelers.
Green Book
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- Director
- Peter Farrelly
- Release Date
- November 16, 2018
- Studio(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Iqbal Theba , Viggo Mortensen , Sebastian Maniscalco , Mahershala Ali , Brian Stepanek , Linda Cardellini , Tom Virtue , P. J. Byrne , Don Stark
- Writers
- Brian Hayes Currie , Peter Farrelly , Nick Vallelonga
- Runtime
- 130minutes
- Budget
- $23 million
Summary
Green Book is an Oscar-winning road movie starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali as Italian American bouncer Tony Lip and pianist prodigy Dr. Don Shirley, respectively. They form an unlikely friendship in the face of the all-pervasive racism and homophobia of the Deep South in the 1960s. The 2018 film is inspired by true events and its title comes from a real-life guidebook made for Black travelers.
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