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 (Mahershala Ali) for a tour of concert venues in the Deep South. 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 wife. It is named after The Negro Motorist Green Book, a guide book for African American travelers created by Victor Hugo Green in 1936 and published until 1967.
Green Book premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2018, where it won the Grolsch People's Choice Award. The film was given a limited release in 20 cities in the United States on November 16, 2018, before being expanded nationwide on November 21, 2018. Releases in other territories followed through to March 2019. Produced on a budget of $23 million, the film grossed $321 million worldwide. Green Book received generally positive reviews from critics, who especially praised Ali and Mortensen's performances and chemistry. However, some also criticized the film's portrayal of race, variously calling it clichèd, naive and tone deaf, a "racial reconciliation fantasy", and as perpetuating a white savior narrative. Shirley's brother also argued that the film misrepresented the pianist and his relationship with both his family and Lip. Both Farrelly and Mortensen pushed back against these criticisms. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews.
Green Book garnered awards and nominations from a variety of categories, with particular recognition for its direction, screenplay and performances. At the 91st Academy Awards, the film received five nominations, winning Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor. The film was also nominated in five categories at the 76th Golden Globe Awards, where it won Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. Ali was further recognized with the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 24th Critics' Choice Awards (where the film earned seven nominations) and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 72nd British Academy Film Awards (where the film garnered nominations in four categories). In addition, Green Book was chosen as Best Film at the 90th National Board of Review Awards, and was named one of the Top 10 Films of 2018 by the American Film Institute.
Accolades + Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result AACTA International Awards January 4, 2019 Best Actor Best Supporting Actor AARP Movies for Grownups Awards February 4, 2019 Best Movie for Grownups Green Book Best Director Best Actor Best Screenwriter , Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly Academy Awards February 24, 2019 Best Picture , Charles B. Wessler, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Original Screenplay , Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly Best Film Editing Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards January 10, 2019 Best Film Green Book Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Amanda Awards August 17, 2019 Best International Film (English Language) Green Book American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards February 1, 2019 Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy American Film Institute Awards January 4, 2019 Top 10 Films of the Year Green Book Artios Awards January 31, 2019 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Comedy) , Meagan Lewis and Thomas Sullivan Austin Film Festival Awards November 8, 2018 Hiscox Insurance Audience Award – Marquee Feature Green Book BET Awards June 23, 2019 Best Actor Black Reel Awards February 7, 2019 Outstanding Film Green Book Supporting Actor Outstanding Production Design Blue Ribbon Awards February 18, 2020 Best Foreign Film Green Book Boston Film Festival Awards September 23, 2018 Best Film Green Book Best Actor British Academy Film Awards February 10, 2019 Best Film , Charles B. Wessler, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga Best Actor in a Leading Role Best Actor in a Supporting Role Best Original Screenplay , Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly Capri Hollywood International Film Festival Awards January 2, 2019 Best Original Screenplay , Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 8, 2018 Best Supporting Actor Cinema for Peace Awards February 23, 2019 Cinema for Peace Award for The Most Valuable Film of the Year Green Book Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 13, 2019 Best Picture Green Book Best Director Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Original Screenplay , Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly Best Actor in a Comedy Best Score Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 17, 2018 Best Supporting Actor Best Film Green Book Best Actor David di Donatello Awards May 8, 2020 Best Foreign Film Green Book Denver Film Festival Awards November 13, 2018 People's Choice Award – Best Narrative Feature Green Book Detroit Film Critics Society Awards December 3, 2018 Best Film Green Book Best Supporting Actor Best Screenplay , Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly Best Use of Music Green Book Directors Guild of America Awards February 2, 2019 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Dorian Awards January 12, 2019 Film Performance of the Year – Supporting Actor Florida Film Critics Circle Awards December 21, 2018 Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Director Georgia Film Critics Association Awards January 12, 2019 Best Supporting Actor Golden Eagle Awards January 24, 2020 Best Foreign Language Film Green Book Golden Globe Awards January 6, 2019 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Green Book Best Director Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Best Supporting Actor Best Screenplay , Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly Golden Raspberry Awards February 23, 2019 Razzie Redeemer Award Golden Reel Awards February 17, 2019 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film Green Book Golden Trailer Awards May 29, 2019 Best Drama Universal Pictures and TRANSIT (for "Genius") Best Drama Poster Universal Pictures and The Refinery Guild of Music Supervisors Awards February 13, 2019 Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Under $25 Million Green Book Heartland International Film Festival Awards October 21, 2018 Truly Moving Picture Award Green Book Hollywood Film Awards November 4, 2018 Hollywood Ensemble Award , Mahershala Ali, and Linda Cardellini Hollywood Screenwriter Award , Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 14, 2018 Best Original Score in a Feature Film Hollywood Professional Association Awards November 22, 2019 Outstanding Color Grading – Feature Film Outstanding Editing – Theatrical Feature Houston Film Critics Society Awards January 3, 2019 Best Picture Green Book Best Actor Best Supporting Actor IndieWire Critics Poll December 16, 2019 Best Lead Actor Japan Academy Film Prize March 6, 2020 Outstanding Foreign Language Film Green Book Jupiter Awards March 19, 2020 Best International Film Green Book Kinema Junpo Awards February 19, 2020 Best Foreign Film Green Book Mainichi Film Awards February 13, 2020 Foreign Film Best One Award Green Book Middleburg Film Festival Awards October 21, 2018 Audience Award – Narrative Feature Green Book Mill Valley Film Festival Awards October 15, 2018 Overall Favorite Audience Green Book NAACP Image Awards March 30, 2019 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture National Board of Review Awards November 27, 2018 Best Film Green Book Best Actor New Orleans Film Festival Awards October 25, 2018 Audience Award – Best Spotlight Film Green Book New York Film Critics Online Awards December 9, 2018 Top 10 Films Green Book Nikkan Sports Film Awards December 12, 2019 Best Foreign Film Green Book Online Film Critics Society Awards January 2, 2019 Best Supporting Actor Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards January 3, 2019 Vanguard Award , Viggo Mortensen, and Mahershala Ali Philadelphia Film Festival Awards October 26, 2018 Audience Award Green Book Producers Guild of America Awards January 19, 2019 Best Theatrical Motion Picture Green Book Robert Awards January 26, 2020 Best English Language Film Green Book San Diego Film Critics Society Awards December 10, 2018 Best Film Green Book Best Director Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Original Screenplay , Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly Best Editing Best Production Design Best Use of Music in a Film Green Book Best Ensemble Green Book San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards December 9, 2018 Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Santa Barbara International Film Festival Awards February 5, 2019 American Riviera Award Satellite Awards February 17, 2019 Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical Green Book Best Director Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy Best Actor in a Supporting Role Best Original Screenplay , Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly Screen Actors Guild Awards January 27, 2019 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Seattle Film Critics Society Awards December 17, 2018 Best Supporting Actor St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards December 16, 2018 Best Supporting Actor Best Cinematography St. Louis International Film Festival Awards November 11, 2018 Best of Fest Audience Choice Award – Best Film Green Book Toronto Film Critics Association Awards December 9, 2018 Best Actor Toronto International Film Festival Awards September 16, 2018 Grolsch People's Choice Award Green Book Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards December 17, 2018 Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Virginia Film Festival Awards November 8, 2018 Audience Award – Narrative Feature Green Book Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 3, 2018 Best Film Green Book Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Original Screenplay , Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly Women Film Critics Circle Awards December 11, 2018 Best Actor World Soundtrack Awards October 18, 2019 Discovery of the Year Writers Guild of America Awards February 17, 2019 Best Original Screenplay , Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly
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