Driving Miss Daisy Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bruce Beresford
Genres: Drama
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred_Uhry, Driving Miss Daisy affectionately covers the 25-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 that are sweeping 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_Rochetti). Hal Erickson, Rovi
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