History Theatre / DrivingMissDaisy

-->'''Boolie:''' "Goodbyeeee...!"
-->''*car drives away*''
-->'''Boolie:''' "Good luuuck...!"
-->'''Boolie:''' ''*silently*'' "Good ''God''."

* TimeSkip: As the play and film took place over a couple decades, this happened quite often. The film ends in the early 70's, as evidenced by a jogger and an early 70's car passing by.

This movie is not exceptionally well remembered today. Indeed, lots of people only know about it due to being one of the earlier lead roles of Creator/MorganFreeman and for the controversy of it winning when ''Film/DoTheRightThing'' wasn't even nominated (both films being about race relations, but from ''very'' different perspectives). And sometimes for being called "bullshit" in Music/PublicEnemy's "Burn Hollywood Burn". In reality, the film had more in common with ''Theatre/OnGoldenPond'', another film about a couple dealing with their sunset years.

This movie is not exceptionally well remembered today. Indeed, lots of people only know about it due to being one of the earlier lead roles of Creator/MorganFreeman and for the controversy of it winning when ''Film/DoTheRightThing'' wasn't even nominated (both films being about race relations, but from ''very'' different perspectives). And sometimes for being called "bullshit" in Music/PublicEnemy's "Burn Hollywood Burn".

''Driving Miss Daisy'' is a 1987 play by Alfred Uhry, later adapted for the screen by its playwright and director Bruce Beresford, into a 1989 comedy-drama film and 1989's Best Picture UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winner. The film also made Creator/JessicaTandy, age 80, the oldest winner of the Best Actress Oscar.

''Driving Miss Daisy'' is a 1987 play by Alfred Uhry, later adapted for the screen by its playwright and director Bruce Beresford, into a 1989 comedy-drama film and 1989's Best Picture UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winner. The film also made Jessica Tandy, age 80, the oldest winner of the Best Actress Oscar.

This movie is not exceptionally well remembered today. Indeed, lots of people only know about it due to being one of the earlier lead roles of Creator/MorganFreeman and for the controversy of it winning when ''Film/DoTheRightThing'' wasn't even nominated (although [[MisaimedFandom it isn't, and was never intended to be, about race relations]], unlike the latter film). And sometimes for being called "bullshit" in Music/PublicEnemy's "Burn Hollywood Burn".

* TimeSkip: As the play and film took place over a couple decades, this happened quite often.

* SecretlyWealthy: Miss Daisy wishes and tries to act like this, she does not succeed.

* EthnicMenialLabor: Idella and Hoke.

* GreedyJew: {{Lampshaded}} by Daisy as she hates being reminded how wealthy she is by anyone.
** Her real issue is that her ''son'' is wealthy, and by extension, so is she.

* SanitySlippage: Poor Daisy.

* ScrewPolitenessImASenior Miss Daisy, and to some extent also Hoke. Surprisingly enough, Miss Daisy is ''not'' overtly racist nor is her son. She does still despise Hoke at the beginning, for patronizing her. To her son too.
** She doesn't like Hoke ''because'' Boolie hired him. She's fiercely independent.

* MinimalistCast: The play only has three characters seen on stage -- Miss Daisy, Hoke, and Booley. The film obviously subverts this.

It was revived on Broadway in 2010 with Creator/JamesEarlJones as Hoke and Creator/VanessaRedgrave as Miss Daisy. When the production transferred to Australia, Creator/AngleaLansbury took on the role of Miss Daisy and it was later filmed for PBS' headline arts program ''Great Performances''.

Recently revived on Broadway with Creator/JamesEarlJones and Creator/AngelaLansbury.

''Driving Miss Daisy'' is a 1987 play by Alfred Uhry, later adapted for the screen by its playwright and director Bruce Beresford, into a 1989 comedy-drama film and 1989's Best Picture Academy Award winner. The film also made Jessica Tandy, age 80, the oldest winner of the Best Actress Oscar.

Recently revived on Broadway with JamesEarlJones and AngelaLansbury.

* {{Flanderization}}: Not the movie itself, but you can bet that when someone parodies this movie, it will be a ShallowParody with Hoke done in such over-the-top minstrel style that it goes from just bad parody to UnfortunateImplications.

This movie is not exceptionally well remembered today. Indeed, lots of people only know about it due to being one of the earlier lead roles of MorganFreeman and for the controversy of it winning when ''Film/DoTheRightThing'' wasn't even nominated (although [[MisaimedFandom it isn't, and was never intended to be, about race relations]], unlike the latter film). And sometimes for being called "bullshit" in Music/PublicEnemy's "Burn Hollywood Burn".

->'''Daisy Werthan''': "Hoke?"\\
'''Hoke Colburn''': "Yes'm?"\\
'''Daisy Werthan''': [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "You're my best friend."]]\\
'''Hoke Colburn''': "Oh, go on Miss Daisy..."\\
'''Daisy Werthan''': "No, really. You are... you are."\\
'''Hoke Colburn''': "Yes'm."

The 1987 Pulitzer-Prize winner for Drama, ''Driving Miss Daisy'' was later adapted for the screen, by its playwright Alfred Uhry and director Bruce Beresford, into 1989's Best Picture Academy Award winner. The film also made Jessica Tandy, age 80, the oldest winner of the Best Actress Oscar.

This movie is not exceptionally well remembered today. Indeed, lots of people only know about it due to being one of the earlier lead roles of MorganFreeman and for the controversy of it winning when ''Film/DoTheRightThing'' wasn't even nominated (although [[MisaimedFandom it isn't, and was never intended to be, about race relations]], unlike the latter film). And sometimes for being called "bullshit" in PublicEnemy's "Burn Hollywood Burn".

* {{Callback}}: In the beginning of the film Hoke describes how there's a nice patch of dirt in the backyard that he could turn into a vegetable garden, Daisy refuses and demands that he stop messing with her things. Near the end of the film (15-20 years later) they're seen working on a beautiful vegetable garden in her backyard.

* CivilRightsMovement: Discussed between Daisy and her son; later Daisy goes to watch [[BadassPreacher Martin Luther King]] give a speech.

* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Dan Aykroyd puts on an atrocious Southern accent as Boolie.