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The title is a reference to The Negro Motorist Green Book, a travel guide for African-Americans published from 1936 to 1967 that promised “vacation without aggravation.”
Nov 26, 2018 · The Real-Life Story of Dr. Don Shirley. The true history that inspired Peter Farrelly’s Green Book, starring Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen. By Julie Miller.
Nov 19, 2018 · Yes. A fact-check of Green Book reveals that, in this case, the movie is honest in its portrayal of Lip. According to Lip's son, Nick Vallelonga, Lip had indeed been racist before his trip with musician Don Shirley, attributing it to growing up on the Italian-American streets of the Bronx.
Feb 23, 2019 · The movie is a classic road story, telling the tale of Bronx bouncer Tony Vallelonga (Mortensen), who in 1962 found work serving as chauffeur and bodyguard for Dr. Donald Shirley (Ali), a queer...
Feb 7, 2019 · The movie snatching hearts and Oscar nominations feels especially good when audiences learn it’s based on a true story. But how accurate is Green Book?
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.
Feb 24, 2019 · The movie is based on an actual Green book. From 1936 to 1966, Harlem postal worker Victor H. Green published a survivor's manual titled The Negro Motorist Green Book: An International Travel Guide , w hich explains where the film gets its name.
