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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 for a tour of concert venues in the Deep South.
His performances in Eastern Promises (2007), Captain Fantastic (2016) and Green Book (2018) earned him nominations for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe [a] and SAG Award for Best Actor. The first [ b ] and last [ c ] of these, as well as The Road (2009), also earned him nominations for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor .
Green Book is a 2018 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Peter Farrelly.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.
Morning of the Streltsy Execution. The Morning of the Streltsy Execution is a painting by Vasily Ivanovich Surikov, painted in 1881. It illustrates the public execution after the Streltsy's failed attempted uprising before the walls of the Kremlin. It shows the display of power the Russian government had during the late years of the 17th ...
The Morning of the Streltsy Execution after their failed uprising in 1698 by Vasily Surikov (1848-1916). Main article: Streltsy uprising After the fall of Sophia Alekseyevna in 1689, the government of Peter I engaged in a process of gradual limitation of the streltsy's military and political influence.
The movie is predicted to be nominated in multiple categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor.
The 2024 Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday, with big numbers for "Oppenheimer," "Barbie" and two foreign titles, "Anatomy of a Fall" and "The Zone of Interest." The 2024 Oscar nominations ...
Vallelonga achieved prominence with Green Book, which he co-wrote and produced. Based on the friendship of his father and Don Shirley , Green Book was critically praised and received dozens of award nominations, although the film was not without controversy, as Shirley's family accused Vallelonga of falsifying information in the movie.