Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

Name: Driving Miss Daisy
Released: 1989
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle

• Movies, Drama

• 99 min

7.2

The funny, touching and totally irresistible story of a working relationship that became a 25-year friendship.

Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Casting: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle, Joann Havrilla, William Hall Jr., Alvin M. Sugarman, Clarice F. Geigerman, Muriel Moore, Sylvia Kaler, Carolyn Gold, Crystal R. Fox, Bob Hannah, Ray McKinnon, Ashley Josey, Jack Rousso, Fred Faser, Indra A. Thomas, Trilby Beresford, Dean DuBois, Jay Freer, Jen Harper, D. Taylor Loeb
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1989-12-13
Status: Released

Tags: individual, chauffeur, culture clash, self-discovery, widow, 1970s, atlanta, pulitzer prize, civil rights, racial segregation, based on play or musical, car accident, unlikely friendship, elderly, african american servant, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, elderly lady, race relations

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.