Green Card (film)
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| Directed by | Peter Weir |
| Produced by | Peter Weir |
| Written by | Peter Weir |
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| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Simpson |
| Edited by | William M. Anderson |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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107 minutes |
| Country | United States Australia France |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $29.9 million |
| Green Card: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
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| Soundtrack album by Hans Zimmer | |
| Released | January 22, 1991 |
| Recorded | 1990 at Rhino Studios, Sydney, Australia |
| Genre | Film score, instrumental pop, new-age, soft rock, world, classical |
| Length | 44:56 |
| Label | Varèse Sarabande |
| Producer | Hans Zimmer, Peter Weir |
Green Card is a 1991 romantic film written, produced, directed by Peter Weir and starring Gérard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell. The screenplay focuses on an American woman who enters into a marriage of convenience with a Frenchman so he can obtain a green card and remain in the United States. Depardieu won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Brontë Parrish (MacDowell), a horticulturalist and an environmentalist, enters into a sham marriage with Georges Fauré (Depardieu), an illegal alien from France, so he may obtain a green card. In turn, Brontë uses her fake marriage credentials to rent the apartment of her dreams. After moving in, to explain her spouse's absence, she tells the doorman and neighbors he is conducting musical research in Africa.
Contacted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service for an interview to determine if her marriage is legitimate, Brontë tracks down Georges, who is working as a waiter. Although the two have little time to get their facts straight, the agents who question them appear to be satisfied with their answers. But when one of the agents asks to use the bathroom and Georges directs him to a closet, their suspicions are aroused, and they schedule a full, formal interview to be conducted two days later at their office.
Advised by her attorney she could face criminal charges if their deception is uncovered, Brontë reluctantly invites Georges to move in with her. They try to learn about each other's past and their quirks and habits but quickly find they can barely tolerate each other. Georges is a fiery-tempered selfish slob and smoker who prefers red meat to vegetarian food, while Brontë is shown as uptight and cold, obsessed with her plants and wrapped up in environmental issues.
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