Driving Miss Daisy is a movie directed by Bruce Beresford in 1989 and based on the play of the same name by Alfred Uhry, first published in 1987. The movie features Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle, Joann Havrilla, and others.
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Storyline
In 1948, Daisy Werthan, or Miss Daisy, a 72-year-old wealthy, Jewish, widowed, retired schoolteacher, lives alone in Atlanta, Georgia, except for a black housekeeper, Idella. When Miss Daisy drives her 1946 Chrysler Windsor into her neighbor’s yard, her 40-year-old son Boolie buys her a 1949 Hudson Commodore and hires Hoke Colburn, a black chauffeur.
Movie vs Book
Year
1989
Minutes
99
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
Movie
Driving Miss Daisy
Director: Bruce Beresford
Country: USA
Year: 1989
Length: 1h39m
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Year
1987
Pages
80
Book Rate
8.52
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Book
Driving Miss Daisy
Author: Alfred Uhry
Country: USA
First published in: 1987
Length: 80 pages
Genre: Play
Book series: Atlanta Trilogy
User polls & recommendations
“It’s such a complicated thing to put a movie together. The book world is so much simpler.”
ARTHUR SLADE (Writer)
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