Green Card (film)
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| Green Card | |
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| Directed by | Peter Weir |
| Written by | Peter Weir |
| Starring | Gérard Depardieu Andie MacDowell |
| Editing by | William M. Anderson |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 28, 1990 |
| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Australia / France |
| Language | English |
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Green Card is a 1990 romantic comedy directed by Peter Weir.
The film stars Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman and Ethan Phillips. It won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), and also received an Academy Award nomination in the category Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
The plot involves George Faure (Depardieu), a Frenchman who has been offered a job in the United States, and Brontë Parrish (MacDowell), a horticulturist.
They initially form a marriage purely for convenience, because George needs to obtain a green card in order to start his job, while Bronte learns that only married couples are allowed to be tenants in the apartment complex she desires (it has a greenhouse).
George moves in with Bronte, and they begin to act like a married couple in order to fool the interviewers from Immigration who are investigating the legitimacy of their marriage. During the course of their trials, they end up falling in love.
The original score for the film was written by Hans Zimmer, but Enya's music also features strongly in the Soundtrack.
[edit] External links
- Green Card at the Internet Movie Database
- State Department - Official US Green Card Lottery program
- Green Card at the national Film and Sound Archive
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| Preceded by Driving Miss Daisy |
Golden Globe: Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy 1990 |
Succeeded by Beauty and the Beast |
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