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Driving Miss Daisy

DVD • December 11, 1989 • 1h 39m • PG • Budget $7M • Box Office $145,793,296

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The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.

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Other Titles:	ドライビング Miss デイジー
Sub Genres:	individual, racial segregation, elderly, unlikely friendship, old age, race relations, gardening, african american servant, civil rights, based on play or musical, 1970s, car accident, pulitzer prize, chauffeur, 1950s, funeral, 1960s, culture clash, self-discovery, 1940s, widow, atlanta, elderly lady
Release Date:	Theatre 12/11/1989, Theatre US 12/13/1989, DVD 10/11/2002
Language:	English (EN)
Box Office:	$145,793,296 (Foreign)
Age Rating:	PG
Director:	Bruce Beresford
Type:	Movie
Links:	Movies Countdown, TVDB, IMDB, Letterboxd, TMDB, WIKIEN

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April 08, 2019 - by Aaron Chuah

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tandy and freeman are perfect in their roles, and a much younger aykroyd also performs commendably. this movie speaks more through what is left unsaid, and is a beautiful picture for it -- if you can catch the charming southern drawl throughout. read more

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August 27, 2023 - by Bannias

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I finally got around to seeing this one some 30 years later. The winner of the 1990 Best Picture award is really well done by director Bruce Beresford. The testy relationship by the African American chauffeur and an old Jewish woman ends up becoming a strong friendship. Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd all got awards for their roles and thoroughly deserved them. Highly recommended read more

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September 03, 2023 - by Gaurav Singh

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Driving Miss Daisy PG • 1 hour 39 min by Jonathan Rosenbaum October 26, 1985 Alfred Uhry adapts his own play about the relationship between a crotchety, elderly Jewish woman living in Atlanta (Jessica Tandy) and the slightly younger black man (Morgan Freeman) hired by her businessman son (Dan Aykroyd) to drive her around (1990). Uhrys play, which won a Pulitzer Prize, is a sentimental actors vehicle so fundamentally theatrical in conception that nothing can really make it into a film; aided by a lachrymose Hans Zimmer score, it fairly drips with the kind of nostalgic liberal read more

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About race relations in America back then. About how we are all human and aren't so different. Characters are fun together.

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Interesting scenario with great acting. A little dull at points.

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