Where to watch Green Book (2018)

Trivia & production notes

• Viggo Mortensen gained 40 to 50 pounds for his role in the film.
• Score composer Kris Bowers taught Mahershala Ali basic piano skills and served as a stand-in for close-up shots of hands playing piano.
• Robert Plant suggested obscure 1950s and 1960s songs for the soundtrack during a casual double-date dinner conversation with director Peter Farrelly.
• The film uses Chopin's Winter Wind etude during the black blues club scene, though this piece was not included on the official soundtrack release.
• Focus Features initially passed on the project before Participant Media financed the film.
• Steven Spielberg watched Green Book five times over two weeks and called it his favorite buddy movie since Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, leading him to secure distribution through DreamWorks and Universal.
• The screenplay was written by Nick Vallelonga, the real-life son of Tony Lip, along with Brian Hayes Currie and Peter Farrelly, based on conversations with both Vallelonga and Don Shirley.
• Production began in New Orleans in late November 2017, just days after the lead cast was announced.
• The Green Book soundtrack became the highest-streamed jazz soundtrack on the Milan Records label after surpassing one million streams worldwide.
• The studio spent an estimated $37.5 million on prints and advertisements for the film's theatrical release.

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