Peter Farrelly’s ‘Green Book’ went home top honors at the 30th annual Producers Guild of America Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The film is regarding a friendship that started between Italian-American Tony Lip and black pianist Dr. Don Shirley during a road trip through the South won over the members of the Producers Guild of America, wrote The Hollywood Reporter.
Green Book prevailed over films like ‘BlacKkKlansman’, ‘Crazy Rich Asians’, ‘Black Panther’, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’,‘A Quiet Place’ ‘The Favourite’, ‘Roma’, ‘A Star Is Born’ and ‘Vice’ to win top honours.
The film, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, was the wonder winner of the audience award.
The film also won a Golden Globe as best motion picture comedy.
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Taking on the win, farrelly said, “You know, when you make ‘Dumb & Dumber’, you don’t ever expect to get an award.” He went on to say that filming ‘Green Book’ had been such a satisfying experience for him, “I don’t need awards. This award to me is like Warren Buffett winning the lottery.”
The night too saw Sony’s ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-verse’ fend off competition from animation powerhouses Pixar, fielding ‘Incredibles 2’, and Disney Animation, with its’ Ralph Wrecks The Internet’.