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Driving Miss Daisy is a american film of genre Drama directed by Bruce Beresford released in USA on 26 january 1990 with Morgan Freeman
Driving Miss Daisy (1990)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 26 january 1990
Length 1h39
Directed by Bruce Beresford
OriginUSA
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays, Road movies, Buddy films
Rating72%
Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film adapted from the Alfred Uhry play of the same name. The film was directed by Bruce Beresford, with Morgan Freeman reprising his role as Hoke Colburn (whom he also portrayed in the play) and Jessica Tandy playing Miss Daisy. The story defines Daisy and her point of view through a network of relationships and emotions by focusing on her home life, synagogue, friends, family, fears, and concerns over a 25-year period.
At the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990, Driving Miss Daisy received nine nominations, winning four for Best Picture, Best Actress (Jessica Tandy), Best Makeup, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Synopsis
In 1948, Mrs. ("Miss") Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy), a 72-year-old wealthy, white, Jewish, widowed, retired school teacher, lives alone in Atlanta, Georgia, except for a black housemaid named Idella (Esther Rolle). When Miss Daisy wrecks her car, her son, Boolie (Dan Aykroyd), hires Hoke Coleburn (Morgan Freeman), a black chauffeur who drove for a local judge until he recently died. Miss Daisy at first refuses to let Hoke drive her, but gradually starts to accept him.Actors
Morgan Freeman
(Hoke Colburn)
Jessica Tandy
(Daisy Werthan)
Dan Aykroyd
(Boolie Werthan)
Esther Elizabeth Rolle
(Idella)
Patti LuPone
(Florine Werthan)
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