Green Card (1990)

Director:

Peter Weir

Writer:

Peter Weir (written by)

Release Date:

11 January 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

Tagline:

An irresistibly charming comedy!

Plot:

A man wanting to stay in the US enters into a marriage of convenience, but it turns into more than that.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Greenhouse | Green Card | Immigration | Central Park New York City

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations

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

Also Known As:

Green Card (France)

Runtime:

103 min | UK:107 min | USA:107 min (TCM print) (dvd release)

Country:

Australia | France | USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

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

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)

Trivia:

First film in English for Gérard Depardieu.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Georges repeatedly tells immigration officers about his Africa trips. The script overlooks that fact that INS would have or request a copy of his passport to process his case. In real life, INS would have realized immediately that the Africa story was not real: no entry/departure stamps in his passport.

Quotes:

Brontë Mitchell Faure: We don't have to like each other. We just have to get married.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Spaced: Beginnings (#1.1)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Clarinet Concerto In A Major: Adagio

Love for sale

Gerard Depardieu and Andie McDowell meet and for mutually beneficial reasons end up getting married..he so he can stay in the country and she so she can get the rent controlled Manhatten apartment..alas they must convince the INS that their marriage is true so they get to know each other, grudgingly of course at first..until love intervenes. A charming movie that features a good matchup with McDowell and Depardieu..good date film too. on a scale of one to ten..7