Driving Miss Daisy [WS]

Director: Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford

Overview

Freeman is hired to chauffeur the difficult Tandy in racially tense 1960's South. The two develop an eventual relationship and love for each other with terrific performances across the board and enough sincerity to break even the toughest audience.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/02/2010
UPC:	0883929105359
Original Release:	1989
Rating:	PG
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:39:00
Sales rank:	5,633

Special Features

Closed Caption; Commentary by director Bruce Beresford, writer Alfred Uhry and producer Lili Fini Zanuck; 3 insightful featurettes: Miss Daisy's journey: from stage to screen, Jessica Tandy: theatre legend to screen star and the vintage 1989 making-of; Theatrical trailer; Cast/crew film highlights; Awards notes

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jessica Tandy	Daisy Werthan
Morgan Freeman	Hoke Colburn
Dan Aykroyd	Boolie Werthan
Patti LuPone	Florine Werthan
Esther Rolle	Idella
Joann Havrilla	Miss McClatchey
William Hall Jr.	Oscar
Alvin M. Sugarman	Dr. Weil
Clarice F. Geigerman	Nonie
Muriel Moore	Miriam
Sylvia Kaler	Beulah
Carolyn Gold	Neighbor Lady
Bob Hannah	Red Mitchell
Jack Rousso	Slick
Fred Faser	Insurance Agent
Indra A. Thomas	Soloist
Crystal Fox	Katie Bell
Dean DuBois	Commerce Club Member
Jay Freer	Extra at MLK Speech
Ray McKinnon	Actor
Ashley Josey	Actor
D. Taylor Loeb	Girl at Temple
Hans Zimmer	Composer

Technical Credits

Alfred Uhry

Bruce Beresford	Director
Alfred Uhry	Screenwriter
David Brown	Executive Producer,Producer
Lili Fini Zanuck	Producer
Richard D. Zanuck	Producer
Robert Doudell	Producer
Tim Donahue	Special Effects
Sandina Bailo-Lape	Sound Effects
Tom Bellfort	Sound Effects
Gloria Cooper	Sound Effects
Gloria S. Borders	Sound Effects
Melissa Dietz	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

Driving Miss Daisy succeeds because of great performances from Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman and because of Alfred Uhry's excellent script, adapted from his Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play. The film scores high marks for its cultural details of life in the Southern United States, and the changes that take place over the story's 25 years. The film's major themes touch on universal issues -- growing older, overcoming racial prejudice, and the importance of friendship. While the film won four Oscars, including Best Picture, director Bruce Beresford was shut out of the nominations list. His career went into a severe decline for the next decade, until he delivered a surprise hit in 1999 with Double Jeopardy.