Driving Miss Daisy
In 1948, Daisy Werthan, or Miss Daisy (Jessica Tandy), a 72-year-old wealthy, Jewish, widowed, retired schoolteacher, lives alone in Atlanta, Georgia, except for an African American housekeeper, Idella (Esther Rolle). When Miss Daisy drives her 1946 Chrysler Windsor into her neighbor's yard, her 40-year-old son Boolie (Dan Aykroyd) buys her a 1949 Hudson Commodore and hires Hoke Colburn (Morgan Freeman), an African American chauffeur. Miss Daisy at first refuses to let anyone else drive her, but gradually accedes to the arrangement.
| MPAA Rating: | PG |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Country: | United States |
| Produced By: | Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, Jake Eberts, Alfred Uhry, Lili Fini Zanuck, Robert Doudell |
| Directed By: | Bruce Beresford |
| Written By: | Alfred Uhry |
| Cast: | Sylvia Kaler, Fred Faser, Bob Hannah, William Hall Jr., Ashley Josey, Morgan Freeman, Muriel Moore, Ray McKinnon, Jack Rousso, Dean DuBois, Clarice F. Geigerman, Jessica Tandy, Jen Harper, Esther Rolle, Alvin M. Sugarman, D. Taylor Loeb, Joann Havrilla, Dan Aykroyd, Crystal R. Fox, Carolyn Gold, Indra A. Thomas, Patti LuPone |
| In Theaters: | Jan 26, 1990 |
| Runtime: | 1 hour 39 minutes |
| Production: | The Zanuck Company |
| Budget: | $7,500,000 |
| Box Office: | $106,593,296 |
| Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |
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