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Writer:
Peter Weir (written by)
Release Date:
11 January 1991 (USA)
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An irresistibly charming comedy! more
Plot:
A man wanting to stay in the US enters into a marriage of convenience, but it turns into more than that. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 3 wins
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3 nominations
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(26 articles)
DVD: Review:DVDs In Brief: October 14, 2009
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gérard Depardieu | ... | Georges |
 | Andie MacDowell | ... | Brontë |
 | Bebe Neuwirth | ... | Lauren |
 | Gregg Edelman | ... | Phil |
| Robert Prosky | ... | Brontë's Lawyer |
| Jessie Keosian | ... | Mrs. Bird |
 | Ethan Phillips | ... | Gorsky |
 | Mary Louise Wilson | ... | Mrs. Sheehan |
 | Lois Smith | ... | Brontë's Parent (Mother) |
| Conrad McLaren | ... | Brontë's Parent (Father) |
 | Ronald Guttman | ... | Anton |
| Danny Dennis | ... | Oscar |
| Stephen Pearlman | ... | Mr. Adler |
| Victoria Boothby | ... | Mrs. Adler |
| Ann Wedgeworth | ... | Party Guest |
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Also Known As:
Green Card (France)
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Runtime:
103 min | UK:107 min | USA:107 min (TCM print) (dvd release)
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Netherlands:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M (cable rating) |
Australia:PG (original rating) |
Chile:14 |
Finland:S |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:15 |
USA:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG
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First film in English for Gérard Depardieu.
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Continuity: Georges is not carrying the photo album outside, after being interviewed by authorities.
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Spoofed in "Spaced: Beginnings (#1.1)" (1999)
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Subway Drums
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A movie isn't never as much great as it can speak personally. This movie does it for me and I'm lucky. This review is thus very subjective but it comes from the heart....
First, it is a rare movie in which I feel my favorite town, New York as my neighborhood. The town really appears as an endless collection of big cubic buildings, but under the soft menace of the green invasion (trees, garden,...). All the roof scenes are memorable...
Then, McDowell plays an almost introvert woman in contrast to the French extraversion of Depardieu. Sure, being French, I support our national icon, who is particularly in his turf here, but I was more over captivated by the development of the Bronte character and her feelings. From her initial motivation, then indifference to exasperation and finally complicity & deep devotion, it was a remarkable evolution to behold and understand.
Finally, there's also a lot of subtext & subtlety here and it's great for the brain: I mean some things talks to our unconscious and the connection isn't immediate. For example, think how Africa is the main background: the emigration subject, the Afrika bar, the drums, the safari life ... There's also the sweet translation from Green Card to Green House, and the role of ecology... Like I already said, the green tries to grow in every free space left from the rock buildings, which is a poetic metaphor for the emigration...
So, a great romantic story in a wonderful setting & which leaves many doors to open...