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Green Book Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Inspired by a True Friendship

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Feb. 4, 2019

Green Book

Release Date: Friday, November 16, 2018 Nationwide

Peter Farrelly, Octavia Spencer, Linda Cardellini, John Sloss, Jeff Skoll, Brian Hayes Currie, Sebastian Maniscalco, Brian Stepanek, Steven Farneth, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Kwame L. Parker, Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan King, Nick Vallelonga, Jim Burke, Don Stark, Dimiter D. Marinov, Iqbal Theba, P. J. Byrne

Inspired by a true friendship that transcended race, class and the 1962 Mason-Dixon line.

PG-13 Drama 2 hrs, 10 m

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Inspired by a true friendship that transcended race, class and the 1962 Mason-Dixon line.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot
When Tony Lip (Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Ali), a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on “The Green Book” to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger as well as unexpected humanity and humor—they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey of a lifetime.
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Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Peter Farrelly last directed Ricky Stanicky and The Greatest Beer Run Ever. The film's writer Brian Hayes Currie last wrote The Greatest Beer Run Ever.

Producers
Jim Burke
Brian Hayes Currie
Brian Currie
Peter Farrelly
Nick Vallelonga

Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for thematic content, language including racial epithets, smoking, some violence and suggestive material
Runtime
2 hrs, 10 m
Tagline
Inspired by a True Friendship
Also known as
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Language
English

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  • TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018 GROLSCH PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD WINNER

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Completed

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Release Dates

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Green Book was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, November 16, 2018. There were 18 other movies released on the same date, including Instant Family, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Widows.



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Mon., Feb. 4, 2019

  • Added the tagline: "Inspired by a True Friendship "

  • Added IMDb link

  • Added a running time of 130 minutes

  • Set the MPAA rating to PG-13 for thematic content, language including racial epithets, smoking, some violence and suggestive material

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