My 10 yr daughter is Miss. Daisy!

My husband and myself went to the theater to see this movie when it first came out-which was before we had kids! It came to mind again once our 10 yr old daughter starting giving reminders from the BACKSEAT, such as "You are driving over the speed limit!, Don't forget to put your blinker on, SEATBELTS on everyone...etc..She has really put it all in prospective for us! So we started calling her Miss. Daisy-had to get the movie for her-She thought it was so FUNNY!

Morgan Freeman -- The Giant

As I look over my familiarity of Male Actors, I cannot

think of another --- of maybe two (2) dozen, who could have

pulled thais part off. I still can't imagine how the ol'

widow could have pulled off winning an Award, over the Chauffer.

(THIS should have been HIS first Academy Award . . .)

Timeless Film about Unlikely Friendship

In a recent Australian interview, director Bruce Beresford said, when offered the project based on an award winning play by Alfred Uhry that the film would be challenging if nothing else. The premise appeared too simple to keep film-goers interested about the developing relationship between a stubborn, southern old Jewish woman and her aging black American chauffer. Beresford said he was thoroughly surprised and thrilled that the film became such a hit for audiences around the world.

The film won four Oscars in 1989 for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Make-up and Best Actress in a leading role, Jessica Tandy.

Morgan Freeman was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor as Hoke Colburn, the exceedingly patient black southern gentleman, which by sheer determination and sincerity, over many years becomes the friend of this feisty, fiercely independent widow.

What is beautiful about this film is the authenticity and delivery of the dialogue - Freeman and Tandy's "chemistry" if you like, was nothing less than perfect.

Even after seeing this wonderful film many times, Dan Aykroyd's performance as Boolie Werthen, Miss Daisy's devoted son, to my mind, is one of the best performances of his career, even to date. This has to be one of his most "natural" performances, as he played the role as if written for him alone.

This story is about the growing friendship between two unlikely people, but it also touches on the sadness and inevitability of old age. Growing old is tough because one's independence slowly diminishes as well as one's world. Driving Miss Daisy illustrates this point with grace and elegance.

A superb and timeless film that will be just as entertaining in thirty or forty years...