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  1. Jan 29, 2021 · The film 'Green Book' is based on a real-life road trip taken by Black pianist Don Shirley and white bouncer Tony Lip and the unlikely friendship that resulted from the journey. In 1962, casually ...

  2. 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. Courtesy of Universal Pictures. In 1956, Nat King ...

  3. Nov 19, 2018 · Yes. Relatives of Don Shirley have come out against the film, calling it a "symphony of lies," with one of their main claims being that Don Shirley and Tony Lip were never friends. However, that accusation has since been disproved after audio clips of Don Shirley were posted in a Deadline article that featured him stating that

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  5. Nov 15, 2018 · Green Book is a comedy-drama that tells the real life story of Jamaican-American classical pianist Don Shirley, played by Moonlight star Mahershala Ali, and New York bouncer Tony Lip, played by ...

  6. Dec 14, 2018 · Dec 14, 2018 1595. In 1962, casually racist Italian-American bouncer Tony "Lip" Vallelonga and Don Shirley, a gifted Jamaican-American musician, had very little in common — yet a road trip through the South led to these two becoming friends. The movie Green Book, which was co-written by Lip's son, Nick Vallelonga, is about this life-changing ...

  7. Nov 13, 2018 · Green Book tells an uplifting story of friendship amid the constricting racial intolerance of the Jim Crow era south. In 1962, Tony Lip (played by Viggo Mortensen in the movie), an Italian ...

  8. Nov 26, 2018 · Don Shirley, then, did really go on a road trip with Tony Lip in 1962. The True Stories Behind The Green Book. As is shown in the film The Green Book, Shirley met Lip through his work as a New York City bouncer. The two did have to use the Green Book to find hotels where they’d be allowed to stay.

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