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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 wi...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Driving Miss Daisy (Motion picture)
Main Author: Zimmer, Hans (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), Zanuck Company, Swank Motion Pictures, Inc
Other Authors: Freeman, Morgan (Actor), Tandy, Jessica (Actor), Aykroyd, Dan (Actor), LuPone, Patti (Actor), Rolle, Esther (Actor), James, Peter, 1947 March 7- (Cinematographer), Warner, Mark (Mark Roy) (Film editor), McBride, Elizabeth, 1955-1997 (Costume designer), Uhry, Alfred
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Burbank, CA] : Warner Bros. Pictures, [1989]
Subjects:
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.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Drama.
African American men.
Chauffeurs.
Friendship.
Jewish women.
Man-woman relationships.
Mothers and sons.
Older people.
Older women.
Working class.
Georgia > Atlanta.
United States.
Internet videos.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Drama.
Films de fiction.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
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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 Description:Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1989.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, 99 min.) : sound, color
Production Credits:Director of photography, Peter James ; editor, Mark Warner ; production designer, Bruno Rubeo ; music composed by Hans Zimmer ; costume designer, Elizabeth McBride.