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Green Card |
| Copyright Title |
Green Card |
| Released |
1990 |
| Production Year |
1990 |
| Director |
Peter Weir
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| Comments |
While in France the spelling of George is with an 's', the name apears in the credits as just 'George'.
The production is officially a French-Australian co-production. |
| Synopsis |
A story of a Frenchman (Depardieu) who wants to stay in the United States and must get married, and a woman (McDowell) who wants a spectacular New York apartment and needs to be married to get it. They soon fall out and then in love discovering that love transends all georaphical, sociological and ideological oppositions. |
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| journal - French Connection Premiere. pp.59-62 |
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Kitty Hearty
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| The article talks about Depardieu's star pressence in French and (as absent in) American Films. Compares his stature to a Brando or DeNiro character in Europ...[full record]
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| journal - Green Card Cinema Papers. pp.53-54 |
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Geoff Mayer
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| The review enagages many different issues within the small section allocated by the journal. Mayer discusses the films 'relationship' with other romantic com...[full record]
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| newspaper - Green Card SanFrancisco Chronicle. 11-01-1991 |
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Judy Stone
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| Offers admiration for Depardieu as the lead actor, almost sympathising with his performance.
She mentions his great gusto and embraces his 'warm portrayal'...[full record]
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| newspaper - Green Card made for colourful Depardieu SanFrancisco Chronicle. 06-01-1991 |
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Judy Stone
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| Quite an incisive interview that gives a good biographical history to Weir's career. It gives a good perspective to his work in Australia and overseas.
Wei...[full record]
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| journal - Keep the budgets low, create our own stars Filmnews (Australia) V11. pp.5.-14. |
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Tina Kaufman
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| Briefly discusses recommendations for the improvement of the Australian film industry made by the Moving Pictures Enquiry after its recent hearing as part of...[full record]
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| newspaper - Married to a US Work Visa Herald Sun. 12-06-1991. p.38 |
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Peter Simunovich
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| The article is on arranged marriages and their legalities. The article doesn't say much about either the film or the politics surrounding the film's main iss...[full record]
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| journal - Peter Weir 80. 00-08-1990. pp.6-8 |
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Katherine Tulich
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| The majority of the interview that structures the body of the article discusses the international pressence of the film. In response to the casting of Depard...[full record]
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| journal - Review of the book "The Films of Peter Weir: visions of alternate realities" Empire 48. p.105 |
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Matt Mueller
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| The review suggests that Peter Weir should be recognised as a significant figure in the Australian Film industry but it is not convinced by the book's focus ...[full record]
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| journal - Weir's New Trump Card TV Week. p.18 |
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Jenny Cooney
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| The article is less interested in the details of his films and is more involved with Weir the international film director/personality.
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