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Driving Miss Daisy (play)
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For the 1989 movie, see Driving Miss Daisy.

Driving Miss Daisy

Written by
Alfred Uhry
Characters
Hoke Colburn
Daisy Werthan
Boolie Werthan

Date premiered
April 15, 1987
Place premiered
Playwrights Horizons
 New York City
Original language
English
Series
Atlanta Trilogy:
Driving Miss Daisy
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
Parade

Genre
Drama
Driving Miss Daisy is a 1987 play by Alfred Uhry about the relationship of an elderly white Southern Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, and her African-American chauffeur, Hoke Colburn, from 1948 to 1973. The play was the first in Uhry's Atlanta Trilogy, which deals with white Jewish residents of that city in the early 20th century.


Contents  [hide]
1 Productions 1.1 Off-Broadway (1987–1990)
1.2 West End (1988)
1.3 Broadway (2010–2011)
1.4 West End revival (2011)
1.5 UK tour (2012–13)
1.6 Australian tour (2013)
2 Awards won
3 Film adaptation
4 References
5 External links

Productions[edit]
Off-Broadway (1987–1990)[edit]
The original off-Broadway production, which opened on April 15, 1987,[1] starred Dana Ivey and Morgan Freeman. The production was staged at Playwrights Horizons on 42nd Street in New York, and later transferred down the street to the John Houseman Theatre. Uhry received the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work. The play closed on June 3, 1990, with 1,195 performances.[2]
West End (1988)[edit]
It was then performed in London's West End in 1988 at the Apollo Theatre, with Dame Wendy Hiller as Miss Daisy Werthan, Clarke Peters as Hoke and Barry Foster as Boolie.[3]
Broadway (2010–2011)[edit]
In October 2010, James Earl Jones (as Hoke), Vanessa Redgrave (as Daisy), and Boyd Gaines (as Boolie) appeared in a revival of the play, marking the Broadway debut of the show and the first time Jones and Redgrave have appeared on stage together. The show premiered to rave reviews[4] on October 25, 2010, at the John Golden Theatre; the run was later extended and Driving Miss Daisy closed on April 9, 2011,[5] after 20 previews and 180 performances. It recouped its initial investment of $2.6 million on December 21, 2010, making it the first show of the 2010/2011 season to do so.[6] The show was the top-grossing Broadway play in the week ending January 16, 2011.[7]
West End revival (2011)[edit]
The production played at the Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End with the same cast, beginning previews on September 26, 2011, opening on October 5, 2011, and closing on December 17, 2011. [8]
UK tour (2012–13)[edit]
The show toured UK theatres from October 2012 until April 2013, starring Gwen Taylor, Don Warrington, and Ian Porter.[9]
Australian tour (2013)[edit]
The Broadway production of Driving Miss Daisy toured Australia from February to June 2013, starring Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Boyd Gaines.
Awards won[edit]
1987 Obie Award for Best Performance – Dana Ivey
1988 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1988 Outer Critics Circle Awards: Best Off-Broadway Play
Best Actress in a Play – Dana Ivey
Best Director – Ron Lagomarsino

Film adaptation[edit]
Main article: Driving Miss Daisy
Uhry adapted it into the screenplay for a 1989 film of the same name starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd, an adaptation which was awarded the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Uhry, Alfred. Driving Miss Daisy, p. 4, Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
2.Jump up ^ Brantley, Ben. "Stooped and a Bit Slow, but Still Standing Tall", The New York Times, October 25, 2010.
3.Jump up ^ "Driving Miss Daisy coming to Dundas Theatre". Bahama Islands. June 19, 2008.
4.Jump up ^ "Rave reviews for Vanessa Redgrave, 'sassy' at 73 after year of family heartbreak". London Evening Standard. October 26, 2010.
5.Jump up ^ Healy, Patrick, "Driving Ms. Redgrave Through a Reluctant Conversation", The New York Times, February 15, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2011
6.Jump up ^ Gans, Andrew. "Driving Miss Daisy Recoups Investment" playbill.com, December 21, 2010.
7.Jump up ^ Samelson, Judy. "Chart Toppers: Top-Grossing Broadway Productions, Week of January 10–16". Playblog. January 21, 2011.
8.Jump up ^ "Driving Miss Daisy to Park in London in Fall 2011" by Robert Viagas, Playbill, 12 June 2011
9.Jump up ^ "Driving Miss Daisy tours UK with Gwen Taylor & Don Warrington" by Stephanie Soh, whatsonstage.com, 12 June 2012
External links[edit]
 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Driving Miss Daisy (play).
Official Broadway Website (2011)
Driving Miss Daisy at the Internet Broadway Database
Driving Miss Daisy at the Internet Broadway Database
Driving Miss Daisy at the Internet off-Broadway Database


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Driving Miss Daisy (play)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search

For the 1989 movie, see Driving Miss Daisy.

Driving Miss Daisy

Written by
Alfred Uhry
Characters
Hoke Colburn
Daisy Werthan
Boolie Werthan

Date premiered
April 15, 1987
Place premiered
Playwrights Horizons
 New York City
Original language
English
Series
Atlanta Trilogy:
Driving Miss Daisy
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
Parade

Genre
Drama
Driving Miss Daisy is a 1987 play by Alfred Uhry about the relationship of an elderly white Southern Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, and her African-American chauffeur, Hoke Colburn, from 1948 to 1973. The play was the first in Uhry's Atlanta Trilogy, which deals with white Jewish residents of that city in the early 20th century.


Contents  [hide]
1 Productions 1.1 Off-Broadway (1987–1990)
1.2 West End (1988)
1.3 Broadway (2010–2011)
1.4 West End revival (2011)
1.5 UK tour (2012–13)
1.6 Australian tour (2013)
2 Awards won
3 Film adaptation
4 References
5 External links

Productions[edit]
Off-Broadway (1987–1990)[edit]
The original off-Broadway production, which opened on April 15, 1987,[1] starred Dana Ivey and Morgan Freeman. The production was staged at Playwrights Horizons on 42nd Street in New York, and later transferred down the street to the John Houseman Theatre. Uhry received the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work. The play closed on June 3, 1990, with 1,195 performances.[2]
West End (1988)[edit]
It was then performed in London's West End in 1988 at the Apollo Theatre, with Dame Wendy Hiller as Miss Daisy Werthan, Clarke Peters as Hoke and Barry Foster as Boolie.[3]
Broadway (2010–2011)[edit]
In October 2010, James Earl Jones (as Hoke), Vanessa Redgrave (as Daisy), and Boyd Gaines (as Boolie) appeared in a revival of the play, marking the Broadway debut of the show and the first time Jones and Redgrave have appeared on stage together. The show premiered to rave reviews[4] on October 25, 2010, at the John Golden Theatre; the run was later extended and Driving Miss Daisy closed on April 9, 2011,[5] after 20 previews and 180 performances. It recouped its initial investment of $2.6 million on December 21, 2010, making it the first show of the 2010/2011 season to do so.[6] The show was the top-grossing Broadway play in the week ending January 16, 2011.[7]
West End revival (2011)[edit]
The production played at the Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End with the same cast, beginning previews on September 26, 2011, opening on October 5, 2011, and closing on December 17, 2011. [8]
UK tour (2012–13)[edit]
The show toured UK theatres from October 2012 until April 2013, starring Gwen Taylor, Don Warrington, and Ian Porter.[9]
Australian tour (2013)[edit]
The Broadway production of Driving Miss Daisy toured Australia from February to June 2013, starring Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Boyd Gaines.
Awards won[edit]
1987 Obie Award for Best Performance – Dana Ivey
1988 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1988 Outer Critics Circle Awards: Best Off-Broadway Play
Best Actress in a Play – Dana Ivey
Best Director – Ron Lagomarsino

Film adaptation[edit]
Main article: Driving Miss Daisy
Uhry adapted it into the screenplay for a 1989 film of the same name starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd, an adaptation which was awarded the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Uhry, Alfred. Driving Miss Daisy, p. 4, Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
2.Jump up ^ Brantley, Ben. "Stooped and a Bit Slow, but Still Standing Tall", The New York Times, October 25, 2010.
3.Jump up ^ "Driving Miss Daisy coming to Dundas Theatre". Bahama Islands. June 19, 2008.
4.Jump up ^ "Rave reviews for Vanessa Redgrave, 'sassy' at 73 after year of family heartbreak". London Evening Standard. October 26, 2010.
5.Jump up ^ Healy, Patrick, "Driving Ms. Redgrave Through a Reluctant Conversation", The New York Times, February 15, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2011
6.Jump up ^ Gans, Andrew. "Driving Miss Daisy Recoups Investment" playbill.com, December 21, 2010.
7.Jump up ^ Samelson, Judy. "Chart Toppers: Top-Grossing Broadway Productions, Week of January 10–16". Playblog. January 21, 2011.
8.Jump up ^ "Driving Miss Daisy to Park in London in Fall 2011" by Robert Viagas, Playbill, 12 June 2011
9.Jump up ^ "Driving Miss Daisy tours UK with Gwen Taylor & Don Warrington" by Stephanie Soh, whatsonstage.com, 12 June 2012
External links[edit]
 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Driving Miss Daisy (play).
Official Broadway Website (2011)
Driving Miss Daisy at the Internet Broadway Database
Driving Miss Daisy at the Internet Broadway Database
Driving Miss Daisy at the Internet off-Broadway Database


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 A Soldier's Play (1982) ·
 'night, Mother (1983) ·
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Driving Miss Daisy
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For the play, see Driving Miss Daisy (play).

Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy .jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Bruce Beresford
Produced by
Richard D. Zanuck
 Lili Fini Zanuck
Screenplay by
Alfred Uhry
Based on
Driving Miss Daisy
 by Alfred Uhry
Starring
Morgan Freeman
Jessica Tandy
Dan Aykroyd
Patti Lupone
Esther Rolle
Music by
Hans Zimmer
Edited by
Mark Warner

Production
 company

The Zanuck Company

Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures[1]

Release dates

December 13, 1989
[2]

Running time
 100 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
 Hebrew
Budget
$7.5 million[3]
Box office
$145,793,296[4]
Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film adapted from the Alfred Uhry play of the same name. The film was directed by Bruce Beresford, with Morgan Freeman reprising his role as Hoke Colburn (whom he also portrayed in the play) and Jessica Tandy playing Miss Daisy. The story defines Daisy and her point of view through a network of relationships and emotions by focusing on her home life, synagogue, friends, family, fears, and concerns over a 25-year period.
At the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990, Driving Miss Daisy received nine nominations, winning four for Best Picture, Best Actress (Jessica Tandy), Best Makeup, and Best Adapted Screenplay.[5]
                                                      PLOT OF THE STORY''


 Mrs. ("Miss") Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy), a 73-year-old wealthy white Jewish widowed school teacher, lives alone in Atlanta, Georgia, except for an African American housemaid named Idella (Esther Rolle). When Miss Daisy wrecks her car, her son, Boolie (Dan Aykroyd), hires Hoke Coleburn (Morgan Freeman), an African American chauffeur who drove for a local judge until he recently died. Miss Daisy at first refuses to let Hoke drive her, but gradually starts to accept him.
When Miss Daisy finds out that Hoke is illiterate, she teaches him how to read. As Miss Daisy and Hoke spend time together, she gains appreciation for his many skills and the two become friends. After Idella dies in 1963, rather than hire a new maid, Miss Daisy decides to care for her own house and cook her own meals. Hoke assists with the cooking and the two plant a vegetable garden.
The film explores racism against African Americans, which affects Hoke at that time. After her synagogue is bombed, Miss Daisy realizes that she is also a victim of prejudice. But American society is undergoing radical changes, and Miss Daisy attends a dinner at which Dr. Martin Luther King gives a speech. She initially invites Boolie to the dinner, but he declines, and suggests that Miss Daisy invite Hoke. However, Miss Daisy only asks him to be her guest during the car ride to the event and ends up attending the dinner alone, with Hoke insulted by the manner of the invitation, listening to the speech on the car radio outside.
Hoke arrives at the house one morning in 1971 to find Miss Daisy agitated and showing signs of dementia. Hoke calms her down and Miss Daisy tells Hoke that he is her best friend. Boolie arranges for Miss Daisy to enter a retirement home. In 1973, Hoke, now 81, retires. Boolie and Hoke drive to the retirement home to visit Miss Daisy, now 97. As Hoke feeds her and reminisces about the many years he spent driving her, the image of a car is seen driving into the distance.


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1 Cast
2 Reception
3 Awards and nominations
4 Soundtrack
5 Home release
6 Vehicles Used
7 References
8 External links

Cast[edit]
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
William Hall, Jr. as Oscar
Muriel Moore as Miriam
Sylvia Kaler as Beulah
Crystal R. Fox as Katey Bell
Reception[edit]
Driving Miss Daisy was well received by critics, with particular emphasis on Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy's performances. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 81% based on reviews from 52 critics, with an average score of 7.1/10. The site's consensus states: "Warm and smartly paced, and boasting impeccable performances from Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy."[6] On Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, the film has a score of 81 based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[7] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film a positive review, calling Tandy's performance "glorious...Tandy's finest two hours onscreen in a film career that goes back to 1932."[8]
Awards and nominations[edit]

List of Accolades

Award / Film Festival
Category
Recipient(s)
Result
62nd Academy Awards Best Picture Richard D. Zanuck
 Lili Fini Zanuck Won
Best Actress Jessica Tandy Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Alfred Uhry Won
Best Makeup Manlio Rocchetti
 Lynn Barber
 Kevin Haney Won
Best Actor Morgan Freeman Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Dan Aykroyd Nominated
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Bruno Rubeo
 Crispian Sallis Nominated
Best Costume Design Elizabeth McBride Nominated
Best Film Editing Mark Warner Nominated
47th Golden Globe Awards (January 20, 1990) Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Driving Miss Daisy Won
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Morgan Freeman Won
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Jessica Tandy Won
Driving Miss Daisy also achieved the following distinctions at the 62nd Academy Awards:
It is the only film based on an off Broadway production ever to win an Academy Award for Best Picture;[9]
As of 2014, it is the last Best Picture winner to receive a PG rating;
Jessica Tandy, at age 81, became the oldest winner in the history of the Best Actress category.[9]
It was the first Best Picture winner since 1932's Grand Hotel which did not receive a Best Director nomination.[10] (This has only occurred once since, for Argo in 2012). Wings, the 1927 film that was the first to win Best Picture, did not have a nomination for director William Wellman. In his opening monologue at the 62nd Academy Awards, Billy Crystal made fun of this fact by calling it "the film that apparently directed itself".
Driving Miss Daisy also won three Golden Globe Awards (Best Picture, Best Actor Morgan Freeman, and Best Actress Jessica Tandy) in the Comedy/Musical categories.[11] At the 1989 Writers Guild of America Awards, the film won in the Best Adapted Screenplay category. Rounding out its United States awards, the film won both Best Picture and Best Actor from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. In the United Kingdom, Driving Miss Daisy was nominated for four British Academy Film Awards, with Jessica Tandy winning in the Best Actress category. Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman won the Silver Bear for the Best Joint Performance at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.[12]
Soundtrack[edit]
The film's score was composed by Hans Zimmer, who won a BMI Film Music Award and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television for his work. The score was performed entirely by Zimmer, done electronically using samplers and synthesizers, and did not feature a single live instrument. There is a scene, however, in which the "Song to the Moon" from the opera Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák is heard on a radio as sung by Gabriela Beňačková. The soundtrack was issued on Varèse Sarabande.
Home release[edit]
The film was successful on home video.[13] The film was released on DVD in the USA on April 30, 1997 and the special edition was released on February 4, 2003. The movie was first released on Blu-ray disc in Germany and finally was released on Blu-ray in the US in a special edition digibook in January 2013 by Warner Bros.
Vehicles Used[edit]
The first vehicle that appears at the very beginning, being driven by Jessica, was a 1946–1948 Chrysler New Yorker, followed by a 1949 Hudson Commodore, 1954–1956 Cadillac Sixty Special, and finally with a 1965–1970 Cadillac Sixty Special. Dan is seen arriving during one scene driving a 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham and later driving himself and Morgan to the rest home scene in a 1965-1972 Mercedes Benz S-Class. Morgan is also seen arriving with his granddaugher driving him in a 1969 Mercury Cougar.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Fabrikant, Geraldine (1990-03-06). "How Major Studios Missed a Hit". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
2.Jump up ^ http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=950DEFDA153AF930A25751C1A96F948260
3.Jump up ^ "Daisy A Hit That Nearly Aborted". Chicago Tribune. 1990-03-08. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
4.Jump up ^ "Driving Miss Daisy". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
5.Jump up ^ "The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
6.Jump up ^ "Driving Miss Daisy (1989)". Flixster Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
7.Jump up ^ "Driving Miss Daisy". CBS Interactive Metacritic. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ "Driving Miss Daisy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
9.^ Jump up to: a b "Academy's Diamond Anniversary Screening Series to Feature "Driving Miss Daisy"" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2003-09-02. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
10.Jump up ^ "Academy Awards Best Director". filmsite.org. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
11.Jump up ^ "Miss Daisy, Jessica Tandy Win Top Oscars". Chicago Tribune. 1990-03-27. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
12.Jump up ^ "Berlinale: 1990 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
13.Jump up ^ "VIDEO RENTALS : 'Born' Can't Pass High-Revving 'Daisy'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
External links[edit]
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Driving Miss Daisy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search

For the play, see Driving Miss Daisy (play).

Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy .jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Bruce Beresford
Produced by
Richard D. Zanuck
 Lili Fini Zanuck
Screenplay by
Alfred Uhry
Based on
Driving Miss Daisy
 by Alfred Uhry
Starring
Morgan Freeman
Jessica Tandy
Dan Aykroyd
Patti Lupone
Esther Rolle
Music by
Hans Zimmer
Edited by
Mark Warner

Production
 company

The Zanuck Company

Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures[1]

Release dates

December 13, 1989
[2]

Running time
 100 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
 Hebrew
Budget
$7.5 million[3]
Box office
$145,793,296[4]
Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film adapted from the Alfred Uhry play of the same name. The film was directed by Bruce Beresford, with Morgan Freeman reprising his role as Hoke Colburn (whom he also portrayed in the play) and Jessica Tandy playing Miss Daisy. The story defines Daisy and her point of view through a network of relationships and emotions by focusing on her home life, synagogue, friends, family, fears, and concerns over a 25-year period.
At the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990, Driving Miss Daisy received nine nominations, winning four for Best Picture, Best Actress (Jessica Tandy), Best Makeup, and Best Adapted Screenplay.[5]
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 Mrs. ("Miss") Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy), a 73-year-old wealthy white Jewish widowed school teacher, lives alone in Atlanta, Georgia, except for an African American housemaid named Idella (Esther Rolle). When Miss Daisy wrecks her car, her son, Boolie (Dan Aykroyd), hires Hoke Coleburn (Morgan Freeman), an African American chauffeur who drove for a local judge until he recently died. Miss Daisy at first refuses to let Hoke drive her, but gradually starts to accept him.
When Miss Daisy finds out that Hoke is illiterate, she teaches him how to read. As Miss Daisy and Hoke spend time together, she gains appreciation for his many skills and the two become friends. After Idella dies in 1963, rather than hire a new maid, Miss Daisy decides to care for her own house and cook her own meals. Hoke assists with the cooking and the two plant a vegetable garden.
The film explores racism against African Americans, which affects Hoke at that time. After her synagogue is bombed, Miss Daisy realizes that she is also a victim of prejudice. But American society is undergoing radical changes, and Miss Daisy attends a dinner at which Dr. Martin Luther King gives a speech. She initially invites Boolie to the dinner, but he declines, and suggests that Miss Daisy invite Hoke. However, Miss Daisy only asks him to be her guest during the car ride to the event and ends up attending the dinner alone, with Hoke insulted by the manner of the invitation, listening to the speech on the car radio outside.
Hoke arrives at the house one morning in 1971 to find Miss Daisy agitated and showing signs of dementia. Hoke calms her down and Miss Daisy tells Hoke that he is her best friend. Boolie arranges for Miss Daisy to enter a retirement home. In 1973, Hoke, now 81, retires. Boolie and Hoke drive to the retirement home to visit Miss Daisy, now 97. As Hoke feeds her and reminisces about the many years he spent driving her, the image of a car is seen driving into the distance.


Contents  [hide]
1 Cast
2 Reception
3 Awards and nominations
4 Soundtrack
5 Home release
6 Vehicles Used
7 References
8 External links

Cast[edit]
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
William Hall, Jr. as Oscar
Muriel Moore as Miriam
Sylvia Kaler as Beulah
Crystal R. Fox as Katey Bell
Reception[edit]
Driving Miss Daisy was well received by critics, with particular emphasis on Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy's performances. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 81% based on reviews from 52 critics, with an average score of 7.1/10. The site's consensus states: "Warm and smartly paced, and boasting impeccable performances from Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy."[6] On Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, the film has a score of 81 based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[7] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film a positive review, calling Tandy's performance "glorious...Tandy's finest two hours onscreen in a film career that goes back to 1932."[8]
Awards and nominations[edit]

List of Accolades

Award / Film Festival
Category
Recipient(s)
Result
62nd Academy Awards Best Picture Richard D. Zanuck
 Lili Fini Zanuck Won
Best Actress Jessica Tandy Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Alfred Uhry Won
Best Makeup Manlio Rocchetti
 Lynn Barber
 Kevin Haney Won
Best Actor Morgan Freeman Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Dan Aykroyd Nominated
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Bruno Rubeo
 Crispian Sallis Nominated
Best Costume Design Elizabeth McBride Nominated
Best Film Editing Mark Warner Nominated
47th Golden Globe Awards (January 20, 1990) Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Driving Miss Daisy Won
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Morgan Freeman Won
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Jessica Tandy Won
Driving Miss Daisy also achieved the following distinctions at the 62nd Academy Awards:
It is the only film based on an off Broadway production ever to win an Academy Award for Best Picture;[9]
As of 2014, it is the last Best Picture winner to receive a PG rating;
Jessica Tandy, at age 81, became the oldest winner in the history of the Best Actress category.[9]
It was the first Best Picture winner since 1932's Grand Hotel which did not receive a Best Director nomination.[10] (This has only occurred once since, for Argo in 2012). Wings, the 1927 film that was the first to win Best Picture, did not have a nomination for director William Wellman. In his opening monologue at the 62nd Academy Awards, Billy Crystal made fun of this fact by calling it "the film that apparently directed itself".
Driving Miss Daisy also won three Golden Globe Awards (Best Picture, Best Actor Morgan Freeman, and Best Actress Jessica Tandy) in the Comedy/Musical categories.[11] At the 1989 Writers Guild of America Awards, the film won in the Best Adapted Screenplay category. Rounding out its United States awards, the film won both Best Picture and Best Actor from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. In the United Kingdom, Driving Miss Daisy was nominated for four British Academy Film Awards, with Jessica Tandy winning in the Best Actress category. Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman won the Silver Bear for the Best Joint Performance at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.[12]
Soundtrack[edit]
The film's score was composed by Hans Zimmer, who won a BMI Film Music Award and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television for his work. The score was performed entirely by Zimmer, done electronically using samplers and synthesizers, and did not feature a single live instrument. There is a scene, however, in which the "Song to the Moon" from the opera Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák is heard on a radio as sung by Gabriela Beňačková. The soundtrack was issued on Varèse Sarabande.
Home release[edit]
The film was successful on home video.[13] The film was released on DVD in the USA on April 30, 1997 and the special edition was released on February 4, 2003. The movie was first released on Blu-ray disc in Germany and finally was released on Blu-ray in the US in a special edition digibook in January 2013 by Warner Bros.
Vehicles Used[edit]
The first vehicle that appears at the very beginning, being driven by Jessica, was a 1946–1948 Chrysler New Yorker, followed by a 1949 Hudson Commodore, 1954–1956 Cadillac Sixty Special, and finally with a 1965–1970 Cadillac Sixty Special. Dan is seen arriving during one scene driving a 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham and later driving himself and Morgan to the rest home scene in a 1965-1972 Mercedes Benz S-Class. Morgan is also seen arriving with his granddaugher driving him in a 1969 Mercury Cougar.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Fabrikant, Geraldine (1990-03-06). "How Major Studios Missed a Hit". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
2.Jump up ^ http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=950DEFDA153AF930A25751C1A96F948260
3.Jump up ^ "Daisy A Hit That Nearly Aborted". Chicago Tribune. 1990-03-08. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
4.Jump up ^ "Driving Miss Daisy". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
5.Jump up ^ "The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
6.Jump up ^ "Driving Miss Daisy (1989)". Flixster Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
7.Jump up ^ "Driving Miss Daisy". CBS Interactive Metacritic. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ "Driving Miss Daisy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
9.^ Jump up to: a b "Academy's Diamond Anniversary Screening Series to Feature "Driving Miss Daisy"" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2003-09-02. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
10.Jump up ^ "Academy Awards Best Director". filmsite.org. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
11.Jump up ^ "Miss Daisy, Jessica Tandy Win Top Oscars". Chicago Tribune. 1990-03-27. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
12.Jump up ^ "Berlinale: 1990 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
13.Jump up ^ "VIDEO RENTALS : 'Born' Can't Pass High-Revving 'Daisy'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
External links[edit]
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