Driving Miss Daisy
1989 · Movie · PG · 99 min
★ 7.2(1,870)unSUB Rating
In the mid-20th-century American South, an elderly widow reluctantly accepts a hired driver after an accident. Over the next 25 years, their everyday routines and changing times gradually turn a tense working arrangement into a meaningful bond that challenges assumptions about race, class, and aging.
Based on Driving Miss Daisy
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Details
- Years
- 1989
- Release date
- 1989-12-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 99 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.2/10 (1,870 votes)
- Box office
- $145,793,296
- Budget
- $7,500,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a calm, character-focused drama about a relationship evolving over decades, with humor and tenderness; Not for you if you need fast pacing or hard-hitting social commentary like The Long Walk Home.
Pros: warm unlikely friendship; strong lead performances; gentle humor | Cons: slow pace; simplified view of racism; talky, stage-like feel
Themes
- individual
- chauffeur
- culture clash
- self-discovery
- widow
- 1970s
- atlanta
- pulitzer prize
- civil rights
- racial segregation
- based on play or musical
- car accident
- +8 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1990
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1990
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1990
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1990
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
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- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1990 · nominated
Cast & crew
Morgan Freeman
as Hoke Colburn
Jessica Tandy
as Daisy Werthan
Dan Aykroyd
as Boolie Werthan
Patti LuPone
as Florine Werthan
Esther Rolle
as Idella
Joann Havrilla
as Miss McClatchey
- WJ
William Hall Jr.
as Oscar
- AS
Alvin M. Sugarman
as Dr. Weil
- CG
Clarice F. Geigerman
as Nonie
- MM
Muriel Moore
as Miriam
Directed by Bruce Beresford