Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

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driving miss daisy

ORIGINAL TITLE

Driving Miss Daisy

YEAR

1989

RUNNING TIME

99 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

Bruce Beresford

SCREENWRITER

Alfred Uhry (Play: Alfred Uhry)

COMPOSER

Hans Zimmer

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Peter James

CAST

Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti Lupone, Esther Rolle

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Zanuck Company / Warner Bros

AWARDS

1989: 4 Academy Awards: Best Movie, Actress (Tandy), Adapted Screenplay, Makeup. 9 Nominations
1989: Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical, Actor and Actress
1989: National Board of Review: Best Film
1990: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear - Best Joint Performance
1990: BAFTA Awards: Best Actress (Tandy). 4 Nominations, Inlcuding Best Film
1989: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Actress (Jessica Tandy)
1989: New York Film Critics Circle: 3 Nominations

GENRE

Drama | Old Age. Friendship. The 70s

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry, Driving Miss Daisy affectionately covers the twenty-five year relationship between a wealthy, strong-willed Southern matron (Jessica Tandy) and her equally indomitable Black chauffeur Hoke (Morgan Freeman). Both employer and employee are outsiders, Hoke because of the color of his skin, Miss Daisy because she is Jewish in a WASP-dominated society. At the same time, Hoke cannot fathom Miss Daisy's cloistered inability to grasp the social changes which sweep the South in the 1960s. Nor can Miss Daisy understand why Hoke's "people" are so indignant. It is only when Hoke is retired and Miss Daisy is confined to a home for the elderly that the two fully realize that they've been friends and kindred spirits all along.

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