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Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy drama film directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Alfred Uhry, based on his 1987 play. The film stars Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, and Dan Aykroyd. Freeman reprised his role from the original Off-Broadway production.
Aug 6, 2024 · Daisy Werthan (played by Tandy), an elderly Jewish widow, accidentally backs her car over a hedge and into her neighbor’s yard, wrecking the vehicle. Her son, Boolie (Dan Aykroyd), tries without success to convince her that she cannot drive anymore.
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Driving Miss Daisy: Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone. An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
- (118K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Bruce Beresford
- 1990-01-26
Daisy Werthan, an elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta, is determined to maintain her independence. However, when she crashes her car, her son, Boolie, arranges for her to have a chauffeur, an African-American driver named Hoke Colburn.
Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy), an elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta, is determined to maintain her independence. However, when she crashes her car, her son, Boolie (Dan Aykroyd),...
- (105)
- Bruce Beresford
- PG
- Morgan Freeman
Jan 12, 1990 · “Driving Miss Daisy” is a film of great love and patience, telling a story that takes 25 years to unfold, exploring its characters as few films take the time to do.
Driving Miss Daisy took New York’s theater-going crowd by storm and played Off-Broadway for three years. Daisy Werthan is the play’s title character, but she shares the stage and the audience’s respect with Hoke Coleburn, the illiterate African-American man, twelve years her junior, who nevertheless becomes her “best friend.”
