Driving Miss Daisy
The funny, touching and totally irresistible story of a working relationship that became a 25-year friendship.
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.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures, Majestic Films International, Allied Filmmakers, The Zanuck Company
- Keyword: 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
- Cast: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle, Joann Havrilla
