Viggo Mortensen reflects on Green Booksix years after its release. Mortensen starred opposite Mahershala Ali in the 2018 movie, which focused on the story of a Black classical pianist in the 1960s and his relationship with his white chauffeur, who drives him around while he is on tour. Green Book was nominated for copious awards, and ended up winning the coveted Oscar for Best Picture at the 2019 ceremony. 3w2i6y

Green Book sees Mahershala Ali portraying real-life pianist Don Shirley, and he does such a convincing job that it's not clear whether the actor was actually playing the piano in the movie. The 2018 drama follows Italian bouncer Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen), who picks up a job driving around the famous pianist. Given their drastically different backgrounds and social statuses, they don't immediately get along. However, following a long and intense road trip, they learn a lot about each other and understand why they are the way they are, and they form a beautiful and unlikely relationship.

With early reviews calling it Spielberg's most emotional movie yet, The Fabelmans'win at the Toronto International Film Festival makes it a front-runner in the 2023 Oscar race. Inspired by the director's childhood experiences, The Fabelmans follows a young filmmaker growing up in post-World War II Arizona.

Zac Efron has made a career out of being a Disney teenage heartthrob while appearing in outrageous comedies where he’s poked fun at his image, but The Greatest Beer Run Ever is about to shake things up for the 34-year-old actor and potentially earn his first Oscar nomination. Earning world-wide recognition for the breezy High School Musical movies, Efron proved himself a great actor in movies like Me and Orson Welles, and showcased his comedic side in raunchy flicks like Dirty Grandpa. While major awards and critical acclaim have alluded him, 2019’s Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, where he portrayed serial killer Ted Bundy, provided a new edge to his image.

The Academy Award for Best Picture is often quite contentious. Whereas other categories may be more "obvious" or agreeable, Best Picture tends to generate enormous amounts of controversy and debate. There's obviously no ing for taste, so what is great for one person may be boring or insipid for another. Furthermore, some of the more obscure winners, thematically, aren't necessarily accessible to all audiences, prompting many viewers and readers to say, "I've never even heard of that."

2018's Green Brook is a tremendous movie, based on the true story between jazz pianist, Don Shirley and his bodyguard and driver, Tony Vallelonga. It's a movie that managed to handle the serious topic of racism in an informative, and eye-opening manner, with an odd bromance that just connects beautifully on-screen.

Linda Cardellini has had various strong performances in critically acclaimed films, television, and animated shows. She has a great resume, appearing in films, television, and lending her voice to animation.

Green Book directorPeter Farrelly sets his next film as an adaptation of Greatest Beer Run Ever. For years, Peter Farrelly, alongside his brother Bobby, have made their mark as the kings of gross-out comedy. To date their careers have seen the duo work with stars such as Jim Carrey, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, and even Cher.

Green Book’s box office is booming after its Oscar win for Best Picture. The civil rights era film has been a drastic change of pace for its director and co-writer, Peter Farrelly, who has primarily been known for decades alongside his brother Bobby as the go-to guys for gross-out comedy hits like There’s Something About Mary, Dumb and Dumber and Hall .

A fan-made end credits song for Green Book mocks the film's Best Picture win. It's no secret that director Peter Farrelly's race relations dramedy did not have the smoothest campaign on the awards circuit. After winning the People's Choice Award at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, Green Book became embroiled in one controversy after another. Detractors dismissed the movie as a reverse Driving Miss Daisy with its antiquated approach to its subject matter, surviving of Dr. Donald Shirley's family blasted the film for its historical inaccuracies, and co-writer Nick Vallelonga deleted his Twitter after an anti-Muslim post of his resurfaced.