Driving Miss Daisy / Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Zanuck Company production ; screenplay by Alfred Uhry, based on his play ; produced by Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck ; directed by Bruce Beresford.

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In 1948, Miss Daisy Werthan, an elderly, cranky ex-school teacher from Atlanta, crashes her new Packard through a retaining wall into her neighbor's yard. Her concerned son Boolie reasons she no longer is able to drive herself, and over her strenuous objections hires the gentle, tactful, and wily bl...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Main Author: Uhry, Alfred (Adapter, Author, Screenwriter)
Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
Zanuck Company
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Zanuck, Richard D. (Producer)
Zanuck, Lili Fini (Producer)
Beresford, Bruce (Director)
Freeman, Morgan (Actor)
Tandy, Jessica (Actor)
Aykroyd, Dan (Actor)
LuPone, Patti (Actor)
Rolle, Esther (Actor)
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English, dubbed French, or dubbed Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Pictures : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2003], ©2003.
Edition:Special edition.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Older women > Drama.
Jewish women > Drama.
Chauffeurs > Drama.
African American men > Drama.
Friendship > Drama.
Working class > Drama.
Mothers and sons > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Older people > United States > Drama.
Jewish women > Georgia > Atlanta > Drama.
Older women > Georgia > Atlanta > Drama.
Chauffeurs > Georgia > Atlanta > Drama.
African American men > Georgia > Atlanta > Drama.
Mothers and sons > Georgia > Atlanta > Drama.
Culture conflict > United States > Race relations.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Drama.
Uhry, Alfred > Film adaptations.
Mujeres JudÍas > Georgia > Atlanta > Teatro.
Ancianas > Georgia > Atlanta > Teatro.
Feature films > United States.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Teatro.
Feature films
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
In 1948, Miss Daisy Werthan, an elderly, cranky ex-school teacher from Atlanta, crashes her new Packard through a retaining wall into her neighbor's yard. Her concerned son Boolie reasons she no longer is able to drive herself, and over her strenuous objections hires the gentle, tactful, and wily black widower Hoke Colburn to be her chauffeur. As a Jew, Miss Daisy is also the victim of prejudice, and she gradually overcomes her subconscious bigotry to see Hoke as a true friend. Beginning in frostiness, their slow changing relationship mirrors the changing racial climate in the south through the burgeoning of civil rights movement.
Note:Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1989.
Special features: Cast & crew [text feature]; Trailer (2 min.); Commentary [optional audio feature]; Awards [text feature]; Jessica Tandy: theatre legend to screen star [featurette] (7 min.); Driving Miss Daisy [Original featurette] (6 min.); Miss Daisy's journey: From stage to screen [featurette] (19 min.).
Videorecording.
Call Number:AN9 D0022053 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: Rated PG; Canadian Home Video Rating: Rated PG.
Awards:Winner, 1990 Academy Awards for Best Makeup--Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber, Kevin Haney; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium--Alfred Uhry; Best Actress in a Leading Role--Jessica Tandy; Best Picture--Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck.
ISBN:079077237X
9780790772370
Credits:Director of photography, Peter James ; editor, Mark Warner ; production designer, Bruno Rubeo ; music composed by Hans Zimmer ; costume designer, Elizabeth McBride.
System Details:DVD; Region 1; Dolby surround stereo (English and French), Dolby mono (Spanish).; widescreen presentation, preserving the 1.85:1 aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition.
Cast:
Morgan Freeman (Hoke Colburn), Jessica Tandy (Daisy Werthan), Dan Aykroyd (Boolie Werthan), Patti Lupone (Florine Werthan), Esther Rolle (Idella).
Event Details:
"Driving Miss Daisy" was first produced Off-Broadway by Playwrights Horizons, New York City in 1987.