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	Driving Miss Daisy Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		When Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) put her brand-new 1948 Chrysler in reverse and roared out of the garage and into her neighbors' hedges, probably the last thing she expected to come from the disaster was a decades-long friendship.
		When her son, Boolie (Dan Aykroyd), forbids her to drive and hires a chauffeur, Hoke (Morgan Freeman), Daisy is appalled and refuses to be driven by him.
		"Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen" is a lengthier piece about the film's origins as a play (by Alfred Uhry, who also wrote the screenplay) with a five-week run in a 74-seat theatre, which turned into a three-year run in a 299-seat theatre, and, ultimately, an Oscar-winning film.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=296&LF=MRM&LF=MRP (654 words)

	Stage Review: 'Driving Miss Daisy 'is a safe, smooth ride
		And yet there is plenty of opportunity in "Miss Daisy" for a fulsome tone or sentimental indulgence to mar the delicate texture.
		Prinz plays the wiry, acerbic Daisy Werthan, a well-to-do Jewish widow who is 72 when we meet her in 1948 Atlanta and nearly 100 when we say good-bye, 25 years later.
		Daisy's resistance slowly mellows, and the unfolding of the two characters is the substance of the play.
	www.post-gazette.com /ae/20021116daisy5.asp (746 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Driving Miss Daisy
		The proud Miss Daisy resents Hoke's presence, as she believes that he will do nothing but sit around, take up space, eat her food, and run up her phone bill.
		Concerned about appearances, Miss Daisy is also terrified that her neighbors will consider her a snob because she has a chauffeur to drive her around town.
		Miss Daisy also experiences conflicts with Boolie that further illustrate the theme of change within the South.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1525 (960 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Driving Miss Daisy
		By the end, the proud, elderly, and frail woman, confined to a nursing home, tells Hoke that he is her best friend, and she allows him to spoon-feed her when she is unable to eat on her own.
		Characters who are only mentioned in the play, including Boolie's wife and Miss Daisy's cook, were given roles in the film, and all of the characters were enhanced and expanded to allow for more insight into their lives and environment.
		As Hoke begins to test and push the boundaries of his social and working relationship with Miss Daisy, she begins to realize not only her own prejudices, but also those of the mainstream Christian community in which she lives.
	www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?path=/Media/MotionPictures-1&id=h-1525 (952 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Driving Miss Daisy [1989]: Video: Morgan Freeman,Jessica Tandy,Dan Aykroyd,Patti LuPone,Esther ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At first, the self-sufficient Miss Daisy is reluctant to accept the services of a chauffeur, but Hoke is quiet, wise and tolerant, and as the years pass the unlikely friends develop a deep mutual respect and admiration.
		Miss Daisy is adamant she neither wants nor needs the driver, provided by her exasperated son to ensure she doesn't have any more car accidents.
		Driving Miss Daisy is a classic example of why a movie doesn't need a shoot 'em up action sequence, or the usual obligatory sex scene, in order to enthrall and captivate the viewer.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Driving-Miss-Daisy-Morgan-Freeman/dp/B00004CKH3 (2040 words)

	Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
		When Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) put her brand-new 1948 Chrysler in reverse and roared out of the garage and into her neighbors' hedges, probably the last thing she expected to come from the disaster was a decades-long friendship.
		When her son, Boolie (Dan Aykroyd), forbids her to drive and hires a chauffeur, Hoke (Morgan Freeman), Daisy is appalled and refuses to be driven by him.
		"Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen" is a lengthier piece about the film's origins as a play (by Alfred Uhry, who also wrote the screenplay) with a five-week run in a 74-seat theatre, which turned into a three-year run in a 299-seat theatre, and, ultimately, an Oscar-winning film.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=296&buy=closed&PID=10044361&Tab=reviews&CID=18 (412 words)

	Amazon.ca: Driving Miss Daisy: DVD: Bruce Beresford,Morgan Freeman,Jessica Tandy,Dan Aykroyd,Patti LuPone,Esther ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		And though Miss Daisy insists she was not prejudiced, and inherently wasn't, it is touching to see her slowly let go of her last universally accepted beliefs of peoples place in society, where the "colored" help were always servants of some sort, and the line was just never crossed.
		Dan Akroyd and Patti Lupone are fine as Miss Daisy's son and his typically '50s wife, who admonishes her fl maid for the unforgivable sin of forgetting to tell her she was out of coconut for the ambrosia she was serving to her guests...
		Miss Daisys affection and respect for Idella is clearly etched upon her face, however, at Idella's funeral.
	www.amazon.ca /Driving-Miss-Daisy-Bruce-Beresford/dp/0790730987 (2122 words)

	Driving Miss Daisy Movies Reviews at Shopping.com
		Driving Miss Daisy is a movie that is set in mid-century Atlanta, Georgia.
		Hoke is an easy going type of person and at the beginning of the movie Miss Daisy is not happy about the fact that she is not able to drive her self around and her son is going to force her to let a fl man drive her around.
		Miss Daisy, a very finicky white Jewish lady, is played by Jessica Tandy.
	www.shopping.com /xPR-Driving_Miss_Daisy_Jessica_Tandy_Morgan_Freeman~RD-1117197 (281 words)

	'Driving Miss Daisy': A Smooth Performance, Maybe Too Smooth - washingtonpost.com
		Daisy is 72 and long widowed when we meet her in 1943, just after she has crunched her car.
		Daisy is feisty and isn't about to give up her independence, however, and she engages Hoke in a test of wills.
		Likewise, when Daisy gently patronizes Hoke as he is driving her to a dinner honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the two underplay the scene.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/17/AR2006101701768.html (887 words)

	darleeneisms: Driving Miss Daisy one last time (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Well, Daisy and I had one last ride together, and I have to admit that I was sad to do it, because I knew we were on our way to get her junked.
		Because Daisy failed her last smog check (all the way back in May), I decided to give her up to the state through the Voluntary Accelarated Vehicle Retirement Program.
		And trust me, with all of Daisy's dings, scratches, dents, damage, missing lights, poorly kept interior, lack of air conditioning and more than 227,800 miles on her, I wouldn't have gotten much for her in terms of either private sale, trade-in, or even donation.
	www.darleeneisms.la /2006/10/driving-miss-daisy-one-last-time.html (433 words)

	Driving Miss Daisy: Special Edition (1989)
		In any case, the movie concentrates on Miss Daisy (Jessica Tandy), an aging white woman whose son Boolie (Dan Aykroyd) hires a chauffeur for her when it becomes apparent her motor skills gave deteriorated.
		Miss Daisy accepts the presence of fl driver Hoke (Morgan Freeman) reluctantly, but they slowly become friends and longtime companions, though not in the sense the gay community uses the phrase.
		Granted, there's not a whole lot of development in Miss Daisy - she wasn't exactly a card-carrying member of the Klan from the start - but some positives can be taken from her growth.
	www.dvdmg.com /drivingmissdaisyse.shtml (2751 words)

	Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
		In any case, the movie concentrates on the relationship between Miss Daisy (Jessica Tandy), an aging white woman whose son Boolie (Dan Aykroyd) hires a chauffeur for her when it becomes apparent her motor skills gave deteriorated.
		Miss Daisy accepts the presence of fl driver Hoke (Morgan Freeman) reluctantly, but they slowly become friends and longtime companions (but not in the sense the gay community uses the phrase).
		Granted, there's not a whole lot of development in Miss Daisy - she wasn't exactly a card-carrying member of the Klan from the start - but some positives can be taken from it.
	www.dvdmg.com /drivingmissdaisy.shtml (2161 words)

	Driving Miss Daisy Movie Review (1989) from Channel 4 Film
		No longer able to drive herself, she is annoyed when her son hires Freeman to be her chauffeur.
		Based on a stage play, the 20-year story of the slowly developing relationship between Miss Daisy and her driver, and the subtle changes in racial politics that go with it, is quietly moving - in no small part due to fine performances from Tandy and Freeman.
		Ultimately this is an intelligent feel-good movie that had Oscar material stamped all over the screenplay, but lacks the bite or insight that could have turned it into something truly special.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=102968 (139 words)

	Driving Miss Daisy
		Having recently demolished another car, Daisy Werthan, a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow of seventy-two, is informed by her son Boolie that she must henceforth rely on the services of a chauffeur.
		Driving Miss Daisy was first presented at the Playwrights Horizons in New York City on April 15, 1987.
		Driving Miss Daisy has also been a personal reminder for me, of how easy it is to forget where we were as a country 30 or 40 years ago.
	www.mstw.org /plays/daisy/index.html (565 words)

	Driving Miss Daisy spoof? \| Ask MetaFilter
		It was a spoof of Driving Miss Daisy.
		What I do remember is that Miss Daisy is in the back seat nagging at Hoke, and at some point he says, "I know what you want, Miss Daisy, and I'm gonna come back there and give it to you!" (or something to that effect).
		Wierdo, that "Driving Over Miss Daisy" gag is from "Stay Tuned." In case you couldn't place it, I guess.
	ask.metafilter.com /55432/Driving-Miss-Daisy-spoof (440 words)

	Driving Miss Daisy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In a sense, both employer and employee are outsiders: Hoke because of the color of his skin, Miss Daisy because she is Jewish in a WASP-dominated society.
		It is only when Hoke is retired and Miss Daisy is confined to a home for the elderly that the two fully realize that they've been friends and kindred spirits all along.
		The supporting cast, especially Esther Rolle as Miss Daisy's housekeeper, is uniformly excellent; Dan Aykroyd has been criticized for his somewhat broad portrayal of Miss Daisy's son Boolie, but that's how the part was written (reportedly, playwright Uhry based the character upon himself).
	empathy.colstate.edu /Films/driving_miss_daisy.htm (239 words)

	THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- DRIVING MISS DAISY (SPECIAL EDITION)
		DRIVING MISS DAISY ($20) is a genuine delight of a movie, which I really like because it tells a very simple story in a tender manner, without any grandiose pretensions.
		DRIVING MISS DAISY tells the story of the unlikely friendship that is forged between an elderly Jewish woman and the nearly as old African American man who becomes her chauffer.
		Daisy’s son Boolie (Dan Aykroyd) is a wealthy businessman who solves his mother’s problem by hiring Hoke Colburn (Morgan Freeman) to be Daisy’s chauffer.
	www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_2003/driving-miss-daisy-se-dvd.htm (882 words)

	Driving Miss Daisy DVD Review - www.impulsegamer.com
		'Driving Miss Daisy’ is the heartwarming tale of the aging Daisy Werthan and her struggle to keep her independence.
		This move is to Daisy’s dissatisfaction but after some careful persuasion from both Boolie and Hoke, she agrees to some help.
		This is why the relationship between Daisy and Hoke is beautiful, she is wealthy and white and he is from the working class and fl.
	www.impulsegamer.com /igversion01/dvd/dvddrivingmissdaisy.htm (491 words)

	Driving Miss Daisy Movie -The 80s Rewind «
		Based on the Pulitzer prize-winning play, Driving Miss Daisy is the story of retired Jewish teacher whose son, hires an African American driver, Hoke (Morgan Freeman), to take her on errands after her own driving skills get her into another fender-bender.
		Daisy learns to appreciate Hoke not just as a driver, but a friend and confidant in an era where things are changing all around her.
		Driving scenes were shot here because Atlanta itself had become so modernized, and Griffin had retained a look of the late 1940s.
	www.fast-rewind.com /drivingdaisy.htm (1605 words)

	Blockbuster Online - Driving Miss Daisy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Both employer and employee are outsiders, Hoke because of the color of his skin, Miss Daisy because she is Jewish in a WASP-dominated society.
		It is only when Hoke is retired and Miss Daisy is confined to a home for the elderly that the two fully realize that they've been friends and kindred spirits all along.
		The supporting cast includes Esther Rolle as Miss Daisy's housekeeper and Dan Aykroyd as Miss Daisy's son Boolie (reportedly, playwright Uhry based the character upon himself).
	www.blockbuster.com /online/catalog/movieDetails?movieId=9889 (626 words)

	Driving Miss Daisy
		Miss Daisy doesn't want the chauffeur her son (Aykroyd) has provided, and she won't give in.
		Starting in the early Fifties, we follow Miss Daisy and Hoke for a period of about 20 years.
		Alfred Uhry adapted his own play for the big-screen, and although the film's stage roots do show (the action remains very dialogue-intense), some settings vary and it is not at all claustrophobic.
	www.nostalgiacentral.com /movies/drivingmissdaisy.htm (181 words)

	Driving Miss Daisy mistakes, goofs and bloopers
		Continuity: While Hoke is driving Daisy to her synagogue (the time when they learn that her synagogue has been bombed) they pass a little red brick house with a white picketed fence and a 1964-63 light blue Chevrolet pickup sitting in the driveway.
		Continuity: When Miss Daisy is packing for her trip to Mobile there is a blouse hanging over the suitcase lid while she is looking out of the window.
		Continuity: While Miss Daisy is waiting for Hoke to drive her to Mobile she looks impatiently at her watch which shows 10:50.
	www.moviemistakes.com /film385 (646 words)

	Red Clay Theatre & Arts Center, LLC
		Driving Miss Daisy is a 1987 play by Alfred Uhry about the relationship an elderly Southern Jewish lady shares with her African-American chauffeur, Hoke Colburn, over the span of several decades.
		The story defines Daisy and her point of view through a network of relationships and emotions by focusing on her home life, her synagogue, friends, family, fears, and concerns.
		Miss Childs is no stranger to Atlanta audiences, having played the leading role of Trudy Habbersham in “Peachtree Battle” for 984 performances at the Ansley Park Playhouse.
	www.redclaytheatrearts.com (1677 words)

	Driving Miss Daisy Review \| TVGuide.com
		Miss Daisy's already frustrated son, Boolie (Dan Aykroyd), insists that his mother employ the services of a chauffeur.
		Set in a small community near Atlanta, DRIVING MISS DAISY covers 25 years (1948-73) in a changing South, and the manner in which the momentous and turbulent events of the civil rights movement affect Hoke and Daisy personally is the film's true subject.
		Directed and written with a pleasant simplicity and clarity, DRIVING MISS DAISY is a blandly liberal if touching and dignified depiction of decent human beings who must live their everyday lives amid the turmoil of historical events.
	www.tvguide.com /movies/driving-miss-daisy/review/127506 (270 words)

	Driving Miss Daisy: Slow and Steady
		Driving Miss Daisy is the story of an elderly southern woman who is no longer able to drive.
		Miss Daisy, the matron of the house is played by Mona Kay Helper.
		Miss Daisy and Hoke did a really good job of mimicking getting in and out of the car the way they opened and closed the door.
	www.showbizradio.net /2006/10/19/review-pwlt-driving-miss-daisy (1120 words)

	The Renaissance Center - Driving Miss Daisy
		Driving Miss Daisy is sponsored by The Bank of Dickson.
		Uhry’s 1987 play tells the story of Daisy Wertham, an elderly Jewish woman in Atlanta, whose failing driving skills prompt her son, Boolie, to hire Hoke Coleman as his mother’s chauffeur in 1948.
		Driving Miss Daisy is the first of three plays known as Uhry’s “Atlanta Trilogy.” The Last Night of Ballyhoo won the 1977 Tony Award as Best Play as well as awards from the American Theatre Critics Association, the Outer Critics Circle and The Drama League.
	www.rcenter.org /Home/News/Plays/DrivingMissDaisy.asp (852 words)

	Driving Miss Daisy - Movie Rental Review
		Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) is an elderly Jewish widow who needs a chauffeur and Hoke Colburn (Morgan Freeman) is a career chauffeur who needs the income the job provides.
		The independent Miss Daisy resists being driven and Hoke, who was hired by Miss Daisy's son (played by Dan Aykroyd), employs patience and grace to make the transition.
		Grown-ups will probably enjoy watching the friendship that develops between the two main characters, though some may be put off by Miss Daisy's sour attitude and her refusal to budge on some issues that have to do with treating Hoke more like a friend and less like a servant.
	www.commonsensemedia.org /movie-reviews/Driving-Miss-Daisy.html (555 words)

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