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An elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta can no longer drive. Her son insists she allow him to hire a driver, which in the 1950s meant a black man. She resists any change in her life but, Hoke, the driver is hired by her son. She refuses to allow him to drive her anywhere at first, but Hoke slowly wins her over with his native good graces. The movie is directly taken from a stage play and does show it. It covers over twenty years of the pair's life together as they slowly build a relationship that transcends their differences.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry, Driving Miss Daisy affectionately covers the 25-year relationship between a wealthy, strong-willed Southern matron (Jessica Tandy) and her equally indomitable Black chauffeur, Hoke (Morgan Freeman). Both employer and employee are outsiders, Hoke because of the color of his skin, Miss Daisy because she is Jewish in a WASP-dominated society. At the same time, Hoke cannot fathom Miss Daisy's cloistered inability to grasp the social changes that are sweeping the South in the 1960s. Nor can Miss Daisy understand why Hoke's "people" are so indignant. It is only w...
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hen Hoke is retired and Miss Daisy is confined to a home for the elderly that the two fully realize that they've been friends and kindred spirits all along. The supporting cast includes Esther Rolle as Miss Daisy's housekeeper and Dan Aykroyd as Miss Daisy's son, Boolie (reportedly, playwright Uhry based the character upon himself). Driving Miss Daisy won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actress (Jessica Tandy), Best Screenplay (Uhry), and Best Makeup (Manlio Rochetti).
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Atlanta, 1942. De oude 72-jarige miss Daisy is een gevaar op de weg geworden wanneer ze plaats neemt achter het stuur van haar auto. Haar zoon Boolie, directeur van een florissante fabriek, probeert haar tevergeefs een chauffeur aan te praten. Nog liever gaat ze te voet dan dat ze haar onafhankelijkheid moet opgeven. Maar wanneer ze haar spiksplinternieuwe Packard in de prak rijdt, is de maat vol. Boolie drijft zijn plan toch door en engageert de vriendelijke en zonnige Hoke. Hoke is een geduldige man met een sterk gevoel van eigenwaarde. Daisy is echter niet van plan haar zelfstandigheid op te geven. Toch slaagt...
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Hoke erin haar vertrouwen en sympathie te winnen.
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Hold onto your hats people, this might be the most exciting Oscar-themed story you read this week: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released an image of this year's official poster for the 84th Academy Awards. Naturally the bright, shiny and exalted Oscar statuette is featured prominently, this year on the right side of the poster flanked by eight small black and white circular images that highlight scenes from seven previous best picture winners. There is Tom Hanks as " Forrest Gump ," sitting on that famous bus stop bench, Marlon Brando as " The Godfather ," Julie Andrews singing to the hills in " The Sound Of Music ," Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh as Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in " Gone With The Wind ," Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman in " Driving Miss Daisy ," James Dean in " Giant " (the one film featured that didn't win Best Picture, but was awarded Best Director
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