Driving Miss Daisy
- Original title
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Year
- 1989
- Running time
- 99 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Alfred Uhry. Theater: Alfred Uhry
- Cast
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Comedy | Comedy-Drama. Old Age / Elderly. Friendship. 1950s. 1960s. Southern Gothic
- Synopsis
- Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry, "Driving Miss Daisy" covers the 25 year relationship between a wealthy, strong-willed Southern matron (Jessica Tandy) and her equally indomitable Black chauffeur Hoke (Morgan Freeman) in Atlanta, Georgia. 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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- Awards
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1989: 4 Academy Awards: Best Movie, Actress (Tandy), Adapted Screenplay, Makeup. 9 Nom.1989: Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical, Actor and Actress1989: National Board of Review: Best Film1990: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear - Best Joint Performance1990: BAFTA Awards: Best Actress (Tandy). 4 Nominations, Including Best Film1989: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Actress (Jessica Tandy)
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