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Green Card is a 1990 American romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Peter Weir and starring Gérard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell.[1]

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  1. 96 relations: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Academy Awards, Alien (law), Anamorphic widescreen, Andie MacDowell, Ann Dowd, Babatunde Olatunji, BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, Bebe Neuwirth, Box Office Mojo, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Channel 4, Chicago Sun-Times, Cinema of Australia, CinemaScore, Classical music, Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film), Deportation, Edmonton Journal, Environmentalism, Enya, Ethan Phillips, Film Finance Corporation Australia, Film score, French people, Gallipoli (1981 film), Gérard Depardieu, Geoffrey Simpson, Ghost (1990 film), Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Awards, Green card, Gregg Edelman, Handyman, Hans Zimmer, Hold Back the Dawn, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Horticulture, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Impressionism in music, Instrumental, Janet Maslin, John Spencer (actor), Larry Wright (street drummer), Lois Smith, London Film Critics Circle Awards 1991, London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year, Los Angeles Times, ... Expand index (46 more) »

  2. 1990 romantic comedy films
  3. Australian romantic comedy films
  4. Films about sham marriage
  5. Films directed by Peter Weir
  6. French films set in New York City

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material.

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.

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Alien (law)

In law, an alien is any person (including an organization) who is not a citizen or a national of a specific country, although definitions and terminology differ to some degree depending upon the continent or region.

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Anamorphic widescreen

Anamorphic widescreen (also called full-height anamorphic or FHA) is a process by which a comparatively wide widescreen image is horizontally compressed to fit into a storage medium (photographic film or MPEG-2 standard-definition frame, for example) with a narrower aspect ratio, reducing the horizontal resolution of the image while keeping its full original vertical resolution.

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Andie MacDowell

Rosalie Anderson MacDowell (born April 21, 1958) is an American actress and former fashion model.

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Ann Dowd

Ann Dowd (born January 30, 1956) is an American actress.

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Babatunde Olatunji

Michael Babatunde Olatunji (April 7, 1927 – April 6, 2003) was a Nigerian drummer, educator, social activist, and recording artist.

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BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay

The BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to a screenwriter for a specific film.

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Bebe Neuwirth

Beatrice "Bebe" Jane Neuwirth (born December 31, 1958) is an American actress, singer, and dancer.

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Box Office Mojo

Box Office Mojo is an American website that tracks box-office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way.

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily nonprofit newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Cinema of Australia

The cinema of Australia began with the 1906 production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, arguably the world's first feature film.

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CinemaScore

CinemaScore is a market research firm based in Las Vegas.

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Classical music

Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.

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Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)

Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French period comedy-drama film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand, adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Rappeneau. Green Card (film) and Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film) are 1990s French films.

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Deportation

Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people from a territory.

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Edmonton Journal

The Edmonton Journal is a daily newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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Environmentalism

Environmentalism or environmental rights is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement about supporting life, habitats, and surroundings.

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Enya

Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin (born 17 May 1961) known mononymously as Enya, is an Irish composer and singer-songwriter.

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Ethan Phillips

Ethan Phillips (born John Ethan Phillips February 8, 1955) is an American actor.

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Film Finance Corporation Australia

The Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) was the government agency responsible for funding commercial productions of Australian film, documentary, and television from 1988 to 2008.

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Film score

A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film.

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French people

The French people (lit) are a nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France.

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Gallipoli (1981 film)

Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian war drama film directed by Peter Weir and produced by Patricia Lovell and Robert Stigwood, starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee. Green Card (film) and Gallipoli (1981 film) are films directed by Peter Weir.

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Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, known to be one of the most prolific in film history.

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Geoffrey Simpson

Geoffrey Simpson is an Australian cinematographer.

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Ghost (1990 film)

Ghost is a 1990 American supernatural romance film directed by Jerry Zucker from a screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin, and starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Vincent Schiavelli, and Rick Aviles.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award that was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award that has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Green Card (film) and Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy are best Musical or Comedy Picture Golden Globe winners.

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Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed for excellence in both American and international film and television.

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Green card

A green card, known officially as a permanent resident card, is an identity document which shows that a person has permanent residency in the United States.

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Gregg Edelman

Gregg Edelman (born September 12, 1958) is an American actor.

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Handyman

A handyman (abbr. HNDMN), also known as a fixer, handyperson or handyworker, maintenance worker, repair worker, or repair technician, is a person who is skilled at a wide range of repairs, typically for keeping buildings, shops or equipment around the home in good condition.

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Hans Zimmer

Hans Florian Zimmer (born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer.

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Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn is a 1941 American romantic drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen, in which a Romanian gigolo marries an American woman in Mexico in order to gain entry to the United States, but winds up falling in love with her. Green Card (film) and Hold Back the Dawn are films about immigration to the United States and films about sham marriage.

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Hollywood Foreign Press Association

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was a nonprofit organization of journalists and photographers who reported on the American entertainment industry for predominantly foreign media markets.

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Horticulture

Horticulture is the art and science of growing plants.

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Immigration and Naturalization Service

The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor from 1933 to 1940 and the U.S. Department of Justice from 1940 to 2003. Referred to by some as former INS and by others as legacy INS, the agency ceased to exist under that name on March 1, 2003, when most of its functions were transferred to three new entities – U.S.

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Impressionism in music

Impressionism in music was a movement among various composers in Western classical music (mainly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries) whose music focuses on mood and atmosphere, "conveying the moods and emotions aroused by the subject rather than a detailed tone‐picture".

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Instrumental

An instrumental or instrumental song is music normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting.

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Janet Maslin

Janet R. Maslin (born August 12, 1949) is an American journalist, best known as a film and literary critic for The New York Times.

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John Spencer (actor)

John Spencer (born John Speshock Jr.; December 20, 1946 – December 16, 2005) was an American actor.

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Larry Wright (street drummer)

Larry Wright (born c. 1975) is a well-known New York City street performer.

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Lois Smith

Lois Arlene Smith (née Humbert; born November 3, 1930) is an American character actress whose career spans eight decades.

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London Film Critics Circle Awards 1991

12th London Film Critics Circle Awards 1992 ---- Film of the Year: Thelma & Louise ---- British Film of the Year: Life Is Sweet The 12th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 1991, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle in 1992.

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London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year

The London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year is an annual award given by the London Film Critics Circle.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Marriage of convenience

A marriage of convenience is a marriage contracted for reasons other than that of love and commitment.

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Mary Louise Wilson

Mary Louise Wilson (born November 12, 1931) is an American actress, singer, and comedian, known for her role in Grey Gardens.

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Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books.

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Michel Brault

Michel Brault, OQ (25 June 1928 – 21 September 2013) was a Canadian cinematographer, cameraman, film director, screenwriter, and film producer.

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New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx.

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New-age music

New-age is a genre of music intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism.

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Paramount Streaming

Paramount Streaming (formerly CBS Digital Media, CBS Interactive, and ViacomCBS Streaming) is a division of Paramount Global that oversees the company's video streaming technology and direct-to-consumer services; including Pluto TV and Paramount+.

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Peter Travers

Peter Joseph Travers (born) is an American film critic, journalist, and television presenter.

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Peter Weir

Peter Lindsay Weir (born 21 August 1944) is an Australian retired film director.

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Piano

The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.

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Picnic at Hanging Rock (film)

Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery film directed by Peter Weir and based on the 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay. Green Card (film) and Picnic at Hanging Rock (film) are films directed by Peter Weir.

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Pretty Woman

Pretty Woman is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, from a screenplay by J. F. Lawton. Green Card (film) and Pretty Woman are 1990 romantic comedy films and Touchstone Pictures films.

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Roadshow Entertainment

Roadshow Entertainment (formerly known as Roadshow Home Video from 1982–1993) is an Australian home video, production and distribution company that is a division of Village Roadshow (formerly Roadshow Home Video and Roadshow Entertainment) that distributes films in Australia and New Zealand.

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Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky (born Robert Joseph Porzuczek, December 13, 1930 – December 8, 2008) was an American actor.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.

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Romantic comedy

Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Screen International

Screen International is a British film magazine covering the international film business.

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Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Sex, Lies, and Videotape (often written in all lowercase as sex, lies, and videotape) is a 1989 American independent drama film written and directed by Steven Soderbergh.

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Sham marriage

A sham marriage or fake marriage is a marriage of convenience entered into without intending to create a real marital relationship.

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Soft rock

Soft rock (also known as light rock) is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in Southern California and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions.

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Soul II Soul

Soul II Soul are a British musical collective formed in London in 1988.

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Surfin' Safari (song)

"Surfin' Safari" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys, written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love.

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Sydney

Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.

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The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Paper Wedding

The Paper Wedding (Les noces de papier) is a 1989 made for television Canadian film directed by Michel Brault.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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The Year of Living Dangerously (film)

The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1982 romantic drama film directed by Peter Weir and co-written by Weir and David Williamson. Green Card (film) and The Year of Living Dangerously (film) are films directed by Peter Weir.

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Time Out (magazine)

Time Out is a global magazine published by Time Out Group.

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Touchstone Pictures

Touchstone Pictures was an American film production label of Walt Disney Studios, founded and owned by The Walt Disney Company.

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UGC (cinema operator)

UGC is a cinema operator in France and Belgium, operating 57 cinemas as of 2022.

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Unifrance

Unifrance is an organization for promoting French films in France and abroad.

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Varèse Sarabande

Varèse Sarabande is an American record label, owned by Concord Music Group and distributed by Universal Music Group, which specializes in film scores and original cast recordings.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is an American film distributor within the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.

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William M. Anderson

William M. Anderson (born 12 March 1948) is an Irish film editor who was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for the film Dead Poets Society (1989).

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.

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World music

"World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-Western countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural, and traditional music.

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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay is one of the three film writing awards given by the Writers Guild of America.

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40th Berlin International Film Festival

The 40th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 February 1990.

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43rd Writers Guild of America Awards

The 43rd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1990.

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45th British Academy Film Awards

The 45th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 22 March 1992 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1991.

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48th Golden Globe Awards

The 48th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1990, were held on January 19, 1991, at the Beverly Hilton.

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63rd Academy Awards

The 63rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 25, 1991, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST.

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See also

1990 romantic comedy films

Australian romantic comedy films

Films about sham marriage

Films directed by Peter Weir

French films set in New York City

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Card_(film)

Also known as Georges (Green Card character), Georges Faure (Green Card character), Green Card (movie).

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