Green Card is a 1990 romantic comedy directed by Peter Weir. Image File history File links GreenCard. ... Peter Lindsay Weir (born August 21, 1944) is an Australian film director. ... Peter Lindsay Weir (born August 21, 1944) is an Australian film director. ... Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu, CQ (born 27 December 1948,  ) is an Academy Award-nominated French actor. ... Andie MacDowell (born Rosalie Anderson MacDowell on April 21, 1958 in Gaffney, South Carolina) is an American screen actress. ... Touchstone Pictures (also known as Touchstone Films in its early years) is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984. ... is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... A romantic comedy may be a film or novel, presenting a story about romance in a comedic style. ... Peter Lindsay Weir (born August 21, 1944) is an Australian film director. ...

The film stars Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman and Ethan Phillips. It received an Academy Award nomination in the category Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu, CQ (born 27 December 1948,  ) is an Academy Award-nominated French actor. ... Andie MacDowell (born Rosalie Anderson MacDowell on April 21, 1958 in Gaffney, South Carolina) is an American screen actress. ... Bebe Neuwirth Beatrice Bebe Neuwirth (born December 31, 1958) is an American theater, television, and film actress. ... Gregg Edelman (born on 12 September 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American movie, television and theatre actor who was trained at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois). ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...

The plot involves George Faure (Depardieu), a Frenchman who has been offered a job in the United States, and Bronte Parrish (MacDowell), a horticulturist. The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ...

They initially form a marriage purely for convenience, because George needs to obtain a green card in order to start his job, while Bronte learns that only married couples are allowed to be tenants in the apartment complex she desires (it has a greenhouse). A United States Permanent Resident Card (green card) A United States Permanent Resident Card, also green card, is an identification card attesting the permanent resident status of an alien in the United States of America. ... The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken. ...

George moves in with Bronte, and they begin to act like a married couple in order to fool the interviewers from Immigration who are investigating the legitimacy of their marriage. During the course of their trials, they end up falling in love. For other uses, see Love (disambiguation). ...

The original score for the film was written by Hans Zimmer, but Enya's music also features strongly in the Soundtrack. Hans Florian Zimmer (born September 12, 1957) is an Academy Award, Grammy, and Golden Globe award-winning film score composer from Germany. ... For the letter Ñ pronounced Enye, see Ñ. Enya (born Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin[4] on 17 May 1961, Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, Ireland), sometimes presented in the media as Enya Brennan, is an Irish singer and songwriter. ... In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ...

External links

• Green Card at the Internet Movie Database
• State Department - Official US Green Card Lottery program
• Green Card at the national Film and Sound Archive

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