Driving Miss Daisy
1989
Academy Award for Best Picture — 62nd Academy Awards
- Director:
- Bruce Beresford
- Studio:
- The Zanuck Company
- Starring:
- Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle
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In 1948, Miss Daisy Werthan, a 72-year-old wealthy, Jewish, widowed, retired schoolteacher, lives alone in Atlanta, Georgia, except for a black housekeeper, Idella, who comes in daily. When Daisy accidentally drives her 1946 Chrysler Windsor into her neighbor's yard, her 40-year-old son, Boolie, buys her a Hudson Commodore and hires 60-year-old Hoke Colburn, a black chauffeur, as Daisy can no longer drive due to her being a high insurance risk. Boolie tells Hoke that Daisy may not appreciate his efforts, but she cannot fire him, because Boolie is his employer.