GREEN BOOK (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic), Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Linda Cardellini (Daddy’s Home), Dimeter Marinov (Act of Valor), Mike Hatton (Fairway to Heaven), Iqbal Theba (Playing For Keeps), Sebastian Maniscalco (Tag), P. J. Byrne (The Wolf of Wall Street), Montrel Miller (Unconditional), Tom Virtue (Tex), Dennis W. Hall (Beautiful People), Randal Gonzalez (The Dunning Man)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Peter Farrelly (There’s Something About Mary), director, writer, producer; Brian Hayes Currie (Two Tickets to Paradise) and Nick Vallelonga (The Corporate Ladder), writers, producers; Jim Burke (The Descendants) and Charles B. Wessler (Dumb and Dumber), producers; Kris Bowers (Monsters and Men), composer; Sean Porter (Green Room), cinematographer; Patrick J. Don Vito (A Good Old Fashioned Orgy), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1962, Italian-American bouncer Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga (Mortensen) is hired to escort respected African-American pianist Don Shirley (Ali) through the Deep South on a concert tour. As the two travel through Southern state after Southern state, accompanied by The Negro Motorist Green Book as a guide, Tony and Shirley start becoming unexpected friends…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali are on top form in this crowd-pleasing tale of friendship and racism in the Deep South, all while under the direction of (of all people) one-half of the Farrelly Brothers.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 1ST FEBRUARY 2019

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