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Nov 26, 2018 · Green Book: 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.
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...
The True Story of the ‘Green Book’ Movie. Jazz, race and an unlikely friendship inspire the new film about navigating Jim Crow America. Anna Diamond. Reporter. December 2018. Viggo...
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.
Nov 19, 2018 · 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.
Jan 16, 2019 · Green Book Plot: Is it Based on a True Story? The film is based on a true story set in the racism dictated 1960s America, and follows our protagonists, two men from polar opposite walks of life, taking a tour down into the deep South where racism didn’t merely dictate a way of life for people, but hateful practices against people of colour ...
Nov 26, 2018 · Everything in writer Nick Vallelonga’s upcoming film Green Book, he insists, is true. The film follows pianist Don Shirley and he travels through the Deep South in the era of Jim Crow and forms a friendship with his driver, white, Italian-American bouncer, Tony Lip.
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?
Feb 10, 2019 · There are several scenes in the Oscar nominated film “Green Book,” that are still up for debate in real life — more than half a century later.
Feb 24, 2019 · Ahead of the 2019 Oscars, here's the true story behind the Oscar-winning film, Green Book. The movie follows that real lives of Dr. Don Shirley and Tony "Lip" Vallelonga.
