| | | Winner of 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture.
Features: DVD
They couldn't agree. They wouldn't give in. They thought they had nothing in common. But in the years they spent together they built the friendship of a lifetime. Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy and Dan Aykroyd star in Driving Miss Daisy, the joyous comedy about a headstrong Southern lady and her ever-patient chauffeur that won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actress (Tandy), Adaptation Screenplay and Makeup. Shot in and around Atlanta, the movie wins high marks for authenticity from Atlanta-born author Alfred Uhry, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his original play as well as an Oscar for his film script. "No detail was too small to escape the attention of Bruce Beresford, our director," Uhry said. "He once held up filming while he tracked me down to find out if Miss Daisy would eat fried chicken with her fingers." The care is evident, the ride a pleasure. Driving Miss Daisy motors into the memory as "an American masterpiece" (Rex Reed, At The Movies).
"...an American masterpiece... " Rex Reed, At The Movies
"Jessica Tandy...creates the best performance of her career..." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Editor's Note
Director Bruce Beresford's affinity for the subtleties of southern life is apparent in this adaptation of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Starring Jessica Tandy as Daisy Werthan and Morgan Freeman as Hoke Colburn, the film opens in late-1940s Atlanta. Since Miss Daisy is becoming a menace behind the wheel, her son, Boolie (Dan Aykroyd), ignores her protests and hires Hoke, a black chauffeur. When the feisty matron decides to resist necessity and walk to the store, the equally stubborn chauffeur follows her in her car. As he says to Boolie, "I used to rassle hogs down to the ground...ain't nary a hog got away from me yet." But Hoke's methods are gentleness and patience, and as the years elapse in his ongoing tug-of-war with the temperamental Daisy, she begins to tacitly acknowledge his wisdom. When she expresses annoyance over the demands of the nascent civil rights movement, Hoke points out to the Jewish woman the similarity between the attack on her synagogue and Klan attacks on black churches. But it is only after many years together that they can finally admit to the depth of the friendship they have shared. The two stars give unforgettable performances, and Beresford's direction is a model of restraint.
Plot Summary
Adapted from Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, DRIVING MISS DAISY tells the tale of the reluctant friendship between Daisy Werthan, a willful, wealthy Southern woman, and Hoke Colburn, her stoic black chauffeur.
| Features | 3 Documentaries | | Audio Commentary | | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Filmographies | | Original 1989 Featurette | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Theatrical Trailers | | Awards Notes | | Scene Access | | Interactive Menus | | Cast/Director/Writer Film Highlights | | 3 Revealing Peeks Behind the Scenes:The All-New Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend To Screen Star | | The Original 1989 Featurette | | Feature-Length Commentary By Director Bruce Beresford, Writer Alfred Uhry and Producer Lili Fini Zanuck |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 6/7/2005 |
| Running Time: 99 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1989 | | Catalog ID: 23340 | | UPC: 00085392334025 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1990) |  | Jessica Tandy, Winner, Best Actress | | Lili Fini Zanuck, et al., Winner, Best Picture | | Alfred Uhry, Winner, Best Writing, Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium | | | Morgan Freeman, Nominee, Best Actor | | | Dan Aykroyd, Nominee, Best Supporting Actor | |
Golden Globe (1990) | | Morgan Freeman, Winner, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical | | Jessica Tandy, Winner, Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical | |
British Academy Awards (1991) | | Jessica Tandy, Winner, Best Actress | | | Alfred Uhry, Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Memorable Quotes| "Did you have the air--conditioning checked? I told you to have the air--conditioning checked."----Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) to Hoke Colburn (Morgan Freeman)|"I had the air--conditioning checked. I don't know what for. You never allow me to turn it on."----Hoke|"Hush up!"----Daisy | | "Hoke?"----Daisy|"Yes'm."----Hoke|"You're my best friend."----Dasiy|"No... go on, Miss Daisy."----Hoke|"No, really, you are... You are."----Daisy|"Yes'm."----Hoke |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Funny and touching..." 01/11/1990 p.30New York Times
"...Small and pure and healthily skeptical....[Tandy] has never had a role of a richness and humor to match Miss Daisy, and she brings to it her mastery..." 12/13/1989 p.C19 Los Angeles Times
"...Freeman and Tandy have their own performer's pride, and that transfers to their characters....The disciplined yet intuitive way in which these actors connect is a model of ensemble performance..." 01/12/1990 p.F1 Washington Post 8 of 10
Driving Miss Daisy shows us that friendship is forged through small kindnesses, a slice of pi - Rita Kempley
Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
Driving Miss Daisy is a film of great love and patience, telling a story that takes 25 years - Roger Ebert
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