Driving Miss Daisy

Locations
Call Number: DVD Drama Driving, DVD Comedy Driving
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	DVD Drama Driving	1-week checkout	Reshelving
Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	DVD Comedy Driving	1-week checkout	Due 04-12-2024
Malletts Adult A/V 1-week checkout	DVD Drama Driving	1-week checkout	Due 04-25-2024

Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
Based on the play by Alfred Uhry.
Special features: three featurettes, Miss Daisy's journey: from stage to screen, Jessica Tandy: theatre legend to screen star, plus an original 1989 featurette; feature-length commentary by director Bruce Beresford, writer Alfred Uhry, and producer Lili Fini Zanuck; theatrical trailer; cast/director/writer film highlights; awards notes.
Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti Lupone, Esther Rolle.
Set in Atlanta in the 1950's, a textile factory owner insists on hiring an ever-patient chauffeur for his aging head-strong mother. The Jewish woman and her African American driver eventually build a relationship over many years.
DVD; digitally processed, widescreen.
Contents: Driving Miss Daisy.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Moving submitted by fka83111 on August 16, 2011, 4:29pm wow, this was a movie I liked cuz it portrayed reality

Not a comedy submitted by crazypockets on July 21, 2013, 1:49pm I'm not really sure why this is categorized as a comedy. It's more of a drama. There are a few amusing moments, but mostly it's a touching story about a friendship between two older people and how it develops slowly over time in an unlikely way. It's different from the usual race relation story in a lot of ways, so I liked it for its originality. There are a lot of cringe-worthy parts, but I dare you to not get teared up at the end.

love it submitted by Jackie77 on August 12, 2015, 11:55pm Fabulous movie! Great acting by the whole cast. Daisy's butler took very good care of her for years. Special bonds in this movie. Must see.

Comedy? submitted by Xris on March 28, 2022, 7:04pm I can see that some parts are comedic, but it's mostly a drama about Southern life in the 1950s and 1960s. And did I miss something that the police in Alabama knew that she was Jewish from her last name being a German derivation? She could have been a Christian German, or am I wrong? Sad the way things were, and wish it would be better than it is even now.

great submitted by cathydobbins on June 9, 2023, 11:13am An amazing movie with a great cast