Driving Miss Daisy
The funny, touching and totally irresistible story of a working relationship that became a 25-year friendship.
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.
- 7.2
- 1989
- Released
- 1h 39m
Morgan Freeman
Hoke Colburn
Jessica Tandy
Daisy Werthan
Dan Aykroyd
Boolie Werthan
Patti LuPone
Florine Werthan
Esther Rolle
Idella
Joann Havrilla
Miss McClatchey
Ray McKinnon
Trooper #1
Crystal R. Fox
Katie Bell
Bob Hannah
Red Mitchell
William Hall Jr.
OscarAlvin M. Sugarman
Dr. WeilClarice F. Geigerman
NonieMuriel Moore
MiriamSylvia Kaler
BeulahCarolyn Gold
Neighbor LadyAshley Josey
Trooper #2Jack Rousso
SlickFred Faser
Insurance AgentIndra A. Thomas
SoloistDean DuBois
Commerce Club Member (uncredited)Jay Freer
Man at MLK Speech (uncredited)
Jen Harper
Biltmore Hotel Dinner Guest (uncredited)
D. Taylor Loeb
Girl at Temple (uncredited)
Released
en
$7,500,000.00
$145,793,296.00
- #individual
- #chauffeur
- #culture clash
- #self-discovery
- #widow
- #1970s
- #atlanta
- #pulitzer prize
- #civil rights
- #racial segregation
- #based on play or musical
- #car accident
- #unlikely friendship
- #elderly
- #african american servant
- #1940s
- #1950s
- #1960s
- #elderly lady
- #race relations
Reviews
Bit of an odd one, though it does end up leaving a mark. <em>'Driving Miss Daisy'</em> perhaps skirts around the larger picture in regards to the discrimination it alludes to, but all in all it's a charming tale about unlikely friendships. I do like when movies follow characters across an extended amount of time, in this case we see events stretch across 25 years; seeing characters grow and dev