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
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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