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4 days ago · List of Driving Miss Daisy characters, including pictures when available. These characters from Driving Miss Daisy are ordered by their significance to the film, so main characters are featured at the top while minor characters and cameos are further down on the list.
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4 days ago · Aykroyd was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 1989's Driving Miss Daisy. He was the fourth SNL cast member to be nominated for an Oscar, after Joan Cusack, who was the third.
3 days ago · Driving Miss Daisy. Dir: Bruce Beresford | Warner Bros. Driving Miss Daisy tells the story of Daisy Werthan, an elderly widow from Atlanta who reluctantly accepts the services of chauffeur Hoke Colburn after an accident. Over 25 years, their initially contentious relationship evolves into a deep friendship, overcoming racial and social barriers.
3 days ago · Driving Miss Daisy won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway play. Some patrons will recognize the title from the 1989 film adaptation starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman, and winner of several Academy Awards- Best Picture, Best Actress (Tandy), Best Makeup, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
3 days ago · Over the years, the daily Southern driving rigors of Hoke and his aging employer Daisy have been the fodder for parody in films ranging from Bad Boys to Be Kind Rewind.
5 days ago · The best picture winner of 1989, Driving Miss Daisy is what led to Dan Aykroyd landing Oscar nomination, because of his performance as Daisy’s son Boolie. One of his more memorable, and funny ...
2 days ago · Many journalists in the industry noted how the 2019 Oscars with BlacKkKlansman competing against eventual winner Green Book mirrored the 1989 Oscars with Lee's film Do the Right Thing missing out on a Best Picture nomination over the eventual winner Driving Miss Daisy. 2020s. Lee's Vietnam war film Da 5 Bloods was released on Netflix.
