Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Director:
Bruce Beresford
Tagline:
« The comedy that won a Pulitzer Prize »
Actors:
Hoke Colburn
Daisy Werthan
Boolie Werthan
Florine Werthan
Idella
Rating:
(124’025 votes)
(124’025 votes)
Quotes:
« Daisy Werthan: Hoke?
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« Hoke Colburn: Yes'm.
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« Daisy Werthan: You're my best friend.
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« Hoke Colburn: No, go on Miss Daisy.
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« Daisy Werthan: No, really, you are…
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[Takes Hoke's hand]
« Daisy Werthan: You are.
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« Hoke Colburn: Yes'm.
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[Hoke and Miss Daisy are talking about how he can't read]
« Daisy Werthan: You know your letters don't you?
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« Hoke Colburn: Oh yeah, yeah I know my ABC's pretty good, just can't read.
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« Daisy Werthan: Stop saying that you're making me mad! If you know your letters you can read. You just don't know you can read.
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« Hoke Colburn: Maam?
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« Daisy Werthan: I taught some of the stupidest children God ever put on the face of this earth and all of them could read well enough to find a name on a tombstone.
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« Idella: I'm goin', Miss Daisy.
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« Daisy Werthan: [from upstairs] Alright Idella, see you tomorrow.
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« Hoke Colburn: I'm goin' too, Miss Daisy.
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« Daisy Werthan: Good!
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Trailer:
Trailer
Runtime:99 minutes
Plots:
An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
An elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta can no longer drive. Her son insists she allow him to hire a driver, which in the 1950s meant a black man. She resists any change in her life but, Hoke, the driver is hired by her son. She refuses to allow him to drive her anywhere at first, but Hoke slowly wins her over with his native good graces. The movie is directly taken from a stage play and does show it. It covers over twenty years of the pair’s life together as they slowly build a relationship that transcends their differences.
Daisy Werthan, an elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta, is determined to maintain her independence. However, when she crashes her car, her son, Boolie, arranges for her to have a chauffeur, an African-American driver named Hoke Colburn. Daisy and Hoke’s relationship gets off to a rocky start, but they gradually form a close friendship over the years, one that transcends racial prejudices and social conventions.
