Driving Miss Daisy
1989 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
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). 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.
Direction Bruce Beresford
Cast Morgan Freeman · Jessica Tandy · Dan Aykroyd · Patti LuPone · Esther Rolle · Joann Havrilla · Crystal R. Fox · Muriel Moore
Soundtrack Hans Zimmer
Screenplay Alfred Uhry
Cinematography Peter James
Original title Driving Miss Daisy
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37K votes (FilmAffinity)
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