An Atlanta widow (Jessica Tandy) and her chauffeur (Morgan Freeman) reflect the changing times, from 1948... (Learn more)
Starring: Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd (View All)
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Starring: Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry, Driving Miss Daisy affectionately covers the twenty-five 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. The supporting cast includes Esther Rolle as Miss Daisy's housekeeper and Dan Aykroyd as Miss Daisy's son Boolie (reportedly, playwright Uhry based the character upon himself). Driving Miss Daisy won Academy Awards for best picture, best actress (Jessica Tandy), best screenplay (Uhry) and best makeup (Manlio Rachetti). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
12/13/89
MPAA Rating
Rated PG
Running Time
99 mins.
Locations
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$105,584,081
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 1989 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture - Musical or Comedy award at the 1989 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Second Prize award at the 1989 National Media Owl [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 1989 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical award at the 1989 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 1989 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Art Direction award at the 1989 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 1989 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or award at the 1989 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Costume Design award at the 1989 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 1989 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actor award at the 1990 Berlin International Film Festival [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1990 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1989 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1990 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1989 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 1990 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actress award at the 1990 Berlin International Film Festival [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 1989 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Makeup award at the 1989 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
Distributor
- Warner Brothers
