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Green Book is a 2018 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.
The choice of Peter Farrelly's period drama "Green Book" as this year's Best Picture in the eight-film Oscars race has provoked considerable controversy.
Green Book is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Peter Farrelly.The film is set in 1962 and follows Italian–American bouncer Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen), who is hired as a chauffeur by African American pianist Don Shirley for a tour of concert venues in the Deep South.
Nicholas Anthony Vallelonga (born September 13, 1959) [1] is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for co-writing and producing the film Green Book, for which he received two Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. [2]
The production company boarded the movie as an investor alongside Participant Media, Dreamworks Pictures and Amblin Partners (in which Alibaba is a minority owner) in a summer 2018 move.
The Green Book, an Irish Republican Army training manual; The Green Book, a book setting out the political philosophy of Muammar Gaddafi; The Green Book, UK Treasury guidance on appraisal and evaluation of central government projects; The Green Book: A Guide to Members' Allowances, a publication of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The documentary film The Green Book: Guide to Freedom by Yoruba Richen was scheduled to first air on February 25, 2019, on the Smithsonian Channel in the US. [68] [69] [70] The 2019 virtual reality documentary Traveling While Black places the viewer directly inside a portrait of African American travelers making use of the Green Book. [71]
English: The Green Book was a travel guide published between 1936 and 1966 that listed hotels, restaurants, bars, gas stations, etc. where Black travelers would be welcome. 21 volumes, 1937 - 1964. According to legal research done by NYPL staff, those 21 volumes have no known US copyright restrictions, and can be used and reused freely.