Green Book

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Green Book is a 2018 film about an African-American classical pianist and a working-class Italian-American bouncer who becomes his driver on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. The film is named after The Negro Motorist Green Book, a … more »



Tony Lip:
I dunno. Personally I think if you stuck to the classic stuff it would've been a big mistake.

Don Shirley:
A mistake? Performing the music I trained my entire life to play?

Tony Lip:
Trained? What are you, a seal? People love what you do! Anyone can sound like Beethoven or Joe Pan or them other guys you said. But your music, what you do? Only you can do that!

Don Shirley:
Thank you, Tony. But not everyone can play Chopin. Not like I can.

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