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Driving Miss Daisy  Cover Image DVD DVD

Driving Miss Daisy

Summary: In 1948, Miss Daisy Werthan, an elderly, cranky ex-school teacher from Atlanta, crashes her new Packard through a retaining wall into her neighbor's yard. Her concerned son Boolie reasons she no longer is able to drive herself, and over her strenuous objections hires the gentle, tactful, and wily black widower Hoke Colburn to be her chauffeur. As a Jew, Miss Daisy is also the victim of prejudice, and she gradually overcomes her subconscious bigotry to see Hoke as a true friend. Beginning in frostiness, their slow changing relationship mirrors the changing racial climate in the south through the burgeoning of civil rights movement.

Item details

  • ISBN: 079077237X
  • ISBN: 9780790772370
  • ISBN: 1419892568
  • ISBN: 9781419892561
  • ISBN: 0790730987
  • ISBN: 9780790730981
  • Physical Description: videodisc
    1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Special ed.
  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Pictures : Distributed by Warner Home Video, ©2003.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1989.
Special features: Cast & crew [text feature]; Trailer (2 min.); Commentary [optional audio feature]; Awards [text feature]; Jessica Tandy: theatre legend to screen star [featurette] (7 min.); Driving Miss Daisy [Original featurette] (6 min.); Miss Daisy's journey: From stage to screen [featurette] (19 min.).
Formatted Contents Note: Accident -- Without a car -- Hoke to the rescue -- Chauffeur in the house -- Uneasy relations -- Drive to the store -- Putting on airs -- Missing salmon -- Cemetery reading lesson -- Werthan Christmas -- Car changes hands -- Bound for Mobile -- Troopers -- Alone in the dark -- Negotiations -- Idella's death -- Ice storm -- Temple bombing -- King dinner -- My best friend -- Old acquaintances -- Thanksgiving visit -- End credits.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Peter James ; editor, Mark Warner ; production designer, Bruno Rubeo ; music composed by Hans Zimmer ; costume designer, Elizabeth McBride.
Participant or Performer Note: Morgan Freeman (Hoke Colburn), Jessica Tandy (Daisy Werthan), Dan Aykroyd (Boolie Werthan), Patti Lupone (Florine Werthan), Esther Rolle (Idella).
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
"Driving Miss Daisy" was first produced Off-Broadway by Playwrights Horizons, New York City in 1987.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: Rated PG; Canadian Home Video Rating: Rated PG.
System Details Note:
DVD; Region 1; Dolby surround stereo (English and French), Dolby mono (Spanish).; widescreen presentation, preserving the 1.85:1 aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition.
Language Note:
In English, dubbed French, or dubbed Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Awards Note:
Winner, 1990 Academy Awards for Best Makeup--Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber, Kevin Haney; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium--Alfred Uhry; Best Actress in a Leading Role--Jessica Tandy; Best Picture--Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck.
Subject: Uhry, Alfred Film adaptations
Older women Drama
Jewish women Drama
Chauffeurs Drama
African American men Drama
Friendship Drama
Working class Drama
Mothers and sons Drama
Man-woman relationships Drama
Older people United States Drama
Jewish women Georgia Atlanta Drama
Older women Georgia Atlanta Drama
Chauffeurs Georgia Atlanta Drama
African American men Georgia Atlanta Drama
Mothers and sons Georgia Atlanta Drama
Culture conflict United States Race relations
Atlanta (Ga.) Drama
Friendship Drama
Mujeres JudÍas Georgia Atlanta Teatro
Ancianas Georgia Atlanta Teatro
Uhry, Alfred
United States
African American men
Man-woman relationships
Chauffeurs
Friendship
Older people
Jewish women
Mothers and sons
Older women
Georgia Atlanta
Working class
Jewish women Georgia Atlanta Drama
Elderly women Georgia Atlanta Drama
Chauffeurs Drama
Genre: French language materials -- Feature films.
Spanish language materials -- Feature films.
Feature films -- United States.
DVD.
Film adaptations.
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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