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Green Book

Green Book

Drama · Comedy · History · 2018

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.

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Green Book

“Inspired by a True Friendship.”

2018 Drama · Comedy · History 2h 10m

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8.2 / 10

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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.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Peter Farrelly

Written by

Peter Farrelly · Brian Hayes Currie · Nick Vallelonga

Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen

Tony Lip

Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali

Dr. Don Shirley

Linda Cardellini

Linda Cardellini

Dolores

Sebastian Maniscalco

Sebastian Maniscalco

Johnny Venere

Dimiter D. Marinov

Dimiter D. Marinov

Oleg

Mike Hatton

Mike Hatton

George

P.J. Byrne

P.J. Byrne

Record Exec

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Put Green Book on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.