Maps of Movies
Green Book (2018)
Where Green Book says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A road trip through the Jim Crow South, and the Carnegie Hall that is really a New Orleans theater
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Scenes and places
A bouncer between jobs
Tony, a bouncer, is out of work while the Copacabana is closed for renovations and needs a new job.
Set in The Bronx — Tony Lip's neighborhood in spring 1962, where he looks for work. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The northernmost borough of New York City.
The pianist who lives above Carnegie Hall
Tony is invited to interview with Don Shirley, a pianist who needs a driver for an eight-week tour of the Midwest and Deep South.
Set in Carnegie Hall — Midtown Manhattan concert hall; in the film Don Shirley lives on top of it. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A famous concert hall in Midtown Manhattan.
Filmed at Saenger Theatre, New Orleans (Central Business District, New Orleans, United States) — Pollstar says a scene set at Carnegie Hall was filmed here; the upper part of the building is CG. Which Carnegie Hall scene is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Beaten in Louisville
A group of white men beat Don and threaten him at gunpoint until Tony rescues him. Tony then orders him not to go out alone for the rest of the tour.
Set in Louisville, Kentucky — The Kentucky city where Don is attacked on tour. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The largest city in Kentucky.
Pulled over in a sundown town
Police pull Tony and Don over late at night and arrest them after Tony punches an officer who insults him. In jail Don asks to call his lawyer but calls Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy instead.
Set in A sundown town in Mississippi — An unnamed Mississippi town where the two are stopped at night.
A 'sundown town' is a place where Black people were expected to be gone by dark.
Filmed at Amite City, Louisiana (Amite City, United States) — A 'whites only after dark' town sign for the film was set up at East Chestnut St and South Central Ave in Amite City; the traffic-stop scene itself is not placed. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The final show in Birmingham
Don is refused entry to the whites-only dining room of the country club where he is due to play. Tony threatens the manager, and Don refuses to perform unless he is served in the room with his audience.
Set in Birmingham, Alabama — The Alabama city of Don's final performance on the tour. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The largest city in Alabama.
Filmed at Houmas House Plantation, Burnside, Louisiana (Burnside, United States) — Scene not stated in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans (New Orleans, United States) — Scene not stated in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Orpheum Theater, New Orleans (New Orleans, United States) — Scene not stated in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Tony Lip — An Italian-American bouncer from the Bronx who becomes a pianist's driver.
- Don Shirley — An African American concert pianist touring the Midwest and Deep South in 1962.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the Carnegie Hall scene in Green Book really filmed?
- Where was the Mississippi sundown-town sign in Green Book really set up?