Green Book received numerous awards and nominations. The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances of Mortensen and Ali, although it also drew some criticism of its depiction of both race and Shirley. It was then theatrically released in the United States on November 16, 2018, by Universal Pictures, and grossed $321 million worldwide. 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 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. 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 then-wife. 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.
Green Book is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Peter Farrelly.
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