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Driving Miss Daisy

  • 19891989
  • PGPG
  • 1h 39m
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7.3/10
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Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
ComedyDramaRomance
An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
112K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,858
985
    • Bruce Beresford
    • Alfred Uhry(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Morgan Freeman
    • Jessica Tandy
    • Dan Aykroyd
    • Bruce Beresford
    • Alfred Uhry(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Morgan Freeman
    • Jessica Tandy
    • Dan Aykroyd
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    • 206User reviews
    • 71Critic reviews
    • 81Metascore
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    • Won 4 Oscars

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    Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
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    Dan Aykroyd, Morgan Freeman, and Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
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    Dan Aykroyd and Morgan Freeman in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
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    Dan Aykroyd, Morgan Freeman, and Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
    Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
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    Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
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    Morgan Freeman
    Morgan Freeman
    • Hoke Colburn
    Jessica Tandy
    Jessica Tandy
    • Daisy Werthan
    Dan Aykroyd
    Dan Aykroyd
    • Boolie Werthan
    Patti LuPone
    Patti LuPone
    • Florine Werthan
    • (as Patti Lupone)
    Esther Rolle
    Esther Rolle
    • Idella
    Jo Ann Havrilla
    Jo Ann Havrilla
    • Miss McClatchey
    • (as Joann Havrilla)
    William Hall Jr.
    • Oscar
    Alvin M. Sugarman
    • Dr. Weil
    Clarice F. Geigerman
    • Nonie
    Muriel Moore
    • Miriam
    Sylvia Kaler
    • Beulah
    Carolyn Gold
    • Neighbor Lady
    Crystal Fox
    Crystal Fox
    • Katie Bell
    • (as Crystal R. Fox)
    Bob Hannah
    Bob Hannah
    • Red Mitchell
    Ray McKinnon
    Ray McKinnon
    • Trooper #1
    Ashley Josey
    • Trooper #2
    Jack Rousso
    • Slick
    Fred Faser
    • Insurance Agent
      • Bruce Beresford
      • Alfred Uhry(screenplay) (play)
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    • Trivia
      Jessica Tandy won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Daisy Werthan. At age 81, she is the oldest winner of a Best Actress Oscar. She was the oldest winner for a competitive Oscar until 2012 when Christopher Plummer won Best Supporting Actor for Beginners (2010) at age 82. He is still the oldest acting winner and nominee (having been nominated for Best Supporting Actor for All the Money in the World (2017) at age 88). He was later usurped by James Ivory who won Best Adapted Screenplay for Call Me by Your Name (2017) at age 89.
    • Goofs
      The bombing of The Temple in Atlanta took place in 1958, yet is shown as occurring in 1966 or later (because it is shown after the scene in which Boolie receives an award in 1966). Hoke is also driving mid-1960s Cadillac in the scene.
    • Quotes

      Daisy Werthan: Hoke?

      Hoke Colburn: Yes'm.

      Daisy Werthan: You're my best friend.

      Hoke Colburn: No, go on Miss Daisy.

      Daisy Werthan: No, really, you are...

      [Takes Hoke's hand]

      Daisy Werthan: You are.

      Hoke Colburn: Yes'm.

    • Crazy credits
      Film title logo appears at the end of closing credits
    • Connections
      Featured in Precious Images (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      After The Ball
      (1892)

      Words and Music by Charles Harris (as Charles K. Harris)

      Sung a cappella by Jessica Tandy (uncredited)

      Published by Charles K. Harris Publishing Company, Inc.

    User reviews206

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    10/10
    Beautifully made Oscar winner
    "Driving Miss Daisy" is one of the nicest movies ever made. Winner of 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture of 1989, "Driving Miss Daisy" is about a black man who goes to work as a chauffeur for a stubborn old Jewish woman. Morgan Freeman and the late Jessica Tandy give brilliant performances in the lead roles, and they've never been better. I sure do miss seeing the presence of Tandy in the movies. She was good in just about everything she did in both feature and TV movies (her heart in acting always belonged to the stage). She very deservedly won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Miss Daisy, a person who at first is not happy about this man coming into her life but learns to accept it and forms a real special friendship. Freeman is every bit her match here as Hoke, the chauffeur. The exchanges between the two in the beginning are very funny and very touching at the end. Dan Aykroyd takes on a rare serious role in "Driving Miss Daisy" as Tandy's son Boolie, a businessman who hires Hoke to be Miss Daisy's driver. And the late Esther Rolle (of TV's "Good Times" and "Maude") has a nice small part as Miss Daisy's maid. When this movie came out in late 1989 it was guaranteed many Oscar nominations. Then the nominations came out in February 1990 and "Driving Miss Daisy" got the most with 9 nominations. But one nomination was missing: Best Director. And what a gyp that was! Bruce Beresford did a terrific job of directing "Driving Miss Daisy" and to this day I will never understand why the Academy didn't nominate him. The Academy voters for the Best Director category got stupid that year and Beresford was omitted unfairly. This is a terrific movie and the director should have been nominated. Richard Zanuck, one of the producers of "Driving Miss Daisy", said something in March 1990 when accepting the Best Picture Oscar for this movie along with the other producer and real-life wife Lili Fini Zanuck that I completely agree with. He said quote: "Were up here for one very simple reason and that's the fact that Bruce Beresford is a brilliant director. It's as simple as that!" And "Driving Miss Daisy" is proof. It's a great movie.

    **** (out of four)
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    • jhaggardjr
    • Oct 29, 2000

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    • Why was she addressed as Miss, and not Mrs Daisy ?
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    • Release date
      • January 26, 1990 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Hebrew
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    • Filming locations
      • 822 Lullwater Road, Druid Hills, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • The Zanuck Company
      • Allied Filmmakers
      • Majestic Films International
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    • 1 hour 39 minutes
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