'Green Book' Wins Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Golden Globes 2019 - video Dailymotion

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Mahershala Ali also won Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as Dr. Don Shirley.

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00:00I'm just gonna make a real short speech here.

00:16Thank you so much.

00:27Hello, congratulations.

00:29Hello, hello.

00:38Ladies and gentlemen, based on a true story,

00:41what was your favorite moment of filming this incredible trip?

00:50Wow, that's such a hard question, my favorite moment of shooting it.

00:55The one that's most memorable to me, honestly, is when we were shooting the glasses in the trash scene.

01:12Because we had the two workers who were drinking out of the lemonade glasses.

01:18They hadn't read the script, they just read their scenes and they got hired.

01:22And when we were doing it and they see that Viggo Mortensen is taking those glasses and dropping them in the trash,

01:29they were like, what the hell kind of movie is this?

01:31And they literally pulled me aside and said, isn't he the hero?

01:35I said, yeah.

01:36They said, why would he do that?

01:38I said, okay, let me, and I sat them down and we took like 15 minutes and I told them the whole story.

01:44And I said, this is where he's starting from and where he's going to.

01:47But it really stuck out at me is these guys were ready to walk off the set if I didn't have a good answer to that question.

01:53So that was my most memorable scene.

01:56Anybody else?

01:58This one means a lot to you all and your families.

02:11And I'm just curious to know what message you may have for the members of Dr. Shirley's family who disapproved of the family.

02:22I'll take that one.

02:25Falling on the sword here.

02:27You know what?

02:30I'm a little troubled that answering that question could cause them any more distress.

02:39So what I'd like to say, in lieu of anything directly to the Shirley family, is what it meant to me.

02:47Because I have been a part of four films from this era.

02:51And it was the first time that I saw a person of color with agency.

02:55And I thought, well, this is a guy I want to know.

02:58And this is a guy whose story needs to be out there for the young people who are, you know, still in the resistance.

03:07For me it was about the idea that there were people like Don Shirley in the 60s and we never saw that on film.

03:16So that's what I took from it.

03:18That's what I still take from it.

03:19And I thank Pete and Nick and Mahershala and Vigo and all of the filmmakers for putting their hearts into it.

03:24So that's what I would say to the Shirley family.

03:31He meant a lot to a lot of people.

03:34And I'm glad that we got to share that story.

03:37While you're still up there, how did you get involved in this?

03:41And at which moment did you speak up about tone or about the plot or about the acting work?

03:49Or, you know, what you had hoped this movie would accomplish?

03:54And congratulations.

03:56It sure did.

03:58Well, I...

03:59Where is Jonathan King?

04:00There he is.

04:01I did the help together.

04:03And for those of you who don't realize how much all the conversations about diversity,

04:11the effects that they're having in rooms all across, you know, this industry,

04:15Jonathan King looked around the table and said, you know, we don't have anybody from the South.

04:20We don't have a perspective that is as unique as yours.

04:24Would you mind reading the script and seeing if you want it to be involved?

04:28So I applaud him for having that type of vision.

04:31I applaud Pete for welcoming me into the fold.

04:36And, you know, when I read the script, I'm going to be really honest with you.

04:40I said to Jonathan, I don't really know how I could help you because I think you have two very strong leads.

04:47And they, if they're weighing in on this, because it felt really good to me when I read it,

04:52I don't know how I could possibly help you.

04:54And then Pete and I had a lot of conversations about a lot of different things.

04:58And I felt that I could be a sounding board for him.

05:03And, you know, I, again, I love this film.

05:07I love the script and it starts on the page.

05:10So I think they did an amazing job and I'm really thrilled to be here tonight.

05:14If I could also jump on that.

05:19Also, you know, she was in the editing room right out of the gate.

05:24We had about 20 minutes cut together and I wanted her to see it, tonally prove it,

05:30and tell me we were on the right path.

05:32And she came in and it was just, that was the day I knew we were going in the right direction.

05:38But we never really clashed because we were in sync the whole time.

05:42But, but she gave me a lot of confidence by being there in that room with me and helping me early on.

05:48This question actually, again, for Octavia Spencer.

05:55So you're right, Kelly Carter.

05:57Over here.

05:58Back here.

05:59Hey.

06:00Hi.

06:01Hi, Kelly Carter.

06:02I know, I'm so sorry.

06:03I apologize.

06:04No worries.

06:05But I think that one of the most powerful things about this film for me was at the end,

06:09seeing your name in the credits as a producer.

06:11Oh, thank you.

06:12And I thought that that was, I love kind of seeing, you know,

06:15a poster winner, I'll say the center, get behind the camera.

06:18I wanted to know, what types of projects are calling to you that you want to get behind?

06:23I know that you're working on stuff with LeBron things, of course, but what types,

06:27and if you want to talk about it, that'd be great, but what types of projects are kind of inspiring you

06:31to kind of go behind the camera and move it?

06:34Well, I think the projects that are inspiring me are the ones that we've yet to see.

06:38I'm really excited about some of the things that are coming my way.

06:44But again, like, this, I felt very, this is so weird, me talking about myself,

06:49and this is about Green Book.

06:50You know what, can I just let you guys, like, talk to them?

06:53Like, this is an amazing moment, and I just, I'm so proud right now.

06:59I'm just so proud, and I just, can we talk later?

07:02I'll come down and I'll talk to you later, but I want these guys to talk about their movie.

07:06This one's for Vigo.

07:11The character you play is somebody that still can exist today and might relate to him

07:18and be able to have his heart and his mind changed.

07:21What does it mean to you to be able to reach people who still think sort of in that retro way

07:27and maybe make a difference in the way that they behave going forward?

07:31Everything changes.

07:32Nothing is ever the same.

07:33So I wouldn't say that there's a guy just like him now necessarily,

07:38but I do agree that, you know, I was just saying earlier in the other room

07:47that discrimination will never go away.

07:51And then someone says, well, that's a bummer to say that or to even think that.

07:56And, but what I'm saying is that it's the job of every generation to learn, hopefully,

08:03to be less ignorant, to beat ignorance with experience.

08:09You can look at that as depressing or you can look at it as a challenge.

08:15I think it's a positive thing.

08:17I think it's just like physically, you have to work on yourself mentally, you know,

08:22also psychologically, also socially, every generation.

08:26I mean, the language of racism, prejudice, of discrimination, it evolves.

08:31People's behavior evolves.

08:35They harbor thoughts, you know, that are similar to other times, I agree.

08:41But it's something you've got to work on.

08:43And so when people say, well, society right now is very, there's a lot of antagonism.

08:51There's a lot of just everybody's in their corners and nobody's listening, everybody's yelling.

08:55And so this is a perfect time for a movie like this.

08:58Yeah, it's a perfect time for a movie like this.

09:00But any time, any generation, when a movie is this well made, this entertaining,

09:08but also about profound issues, timeless issues, unfortunately or fortunately,

09:14however you want to look at it, it's always going to be a good time for a movie like Green Book.

09:19You know?

09:21Yeah.

09:22Thank you all.

09:25You all right?

09:29Put me in there.

09:30Just a little bit out here.

09:33Great.

09:35OK.

'Green Book' Wins Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Golden Globes 2019

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