In the Driver's SeatWithout a car, Hoke wouldn't be driving Miss Daisy. She has a variety of cars throughout the movie, each one shiny and new. They barely go over 35 mph. Show In one memorable scene, Daisy walks to Piggly Wiggly, and Hoke follows her in her car. The giant hood of the 1949 Hudson Commodore pursues her like a shark from Jaws, but more for comic effect than for suspense. Over the course of the movie, we spend a lot of time inside those cars. It's the setting for their relationship. Daisy looks at the back of Hoke's head, or sees him through the rearview mirror. She's always in the backseat, emphasizing the difference and distance in their roles. She'd never sit in the passenger seat as an equal. Hoke takes care of the cars as if they are own… because they eventually are his own. He purchases each one, with his own money, when Boolie upgrades the car. And when Daisy starts to lose her memory, the first thing she asks him is, "Do you still have that Hudson?" It's a fond memory for her; we see her thinking about it in the film's final scene, driving away from us. For her, the car seems to represent her relationship with her good friend. Hoke's not driving her at this point—in fact, he's too old to drive at all and depends on family to drive him. At the end of their lives, that's the great equalizer. Driving Miss Daisy, American film, released in 1989, that was adapted by Alfred Uhry from his play of the same name and that starred Morgan Freeman and
Jessica Tandy. The movie won four Academy Awards, including that for best picture, as well as three Golden Globe Awards, including that for best comedy or musical. The film, set in Atlanta, begins in 1948. Daisy Werthan (played by Tandy), an elderly Jewish widow, accidentally backs her car over a hedge and into her neighbor’s yard, wrecking the vehicle. Her son, Boolie (Dan Aykroyd), tries without success to convince her that she cannot drive anymore. Nonetheless, he hires an African American man in his 60s, Hoke Colburn (Freeman), to act as her chauffeur. Miss Daisy initially wants nothing to do with Hoke and forbids him to speak to her housekeeper, Idella (Esther Rolle). After several days, Miss Daisy decides to take the trolley to the grocery store. As she walks, Hoke drives along next to her, and eventually she agrees to get in the car and let him drive her. When she finds that Hoke has eaten a can of salmon, she wants Boolie to fire him, but when Hoke arrives for work, he brings a can of salmon to replace what he ate, and she is mollified. Their relationship develops gradually over many years. In 1951 Hoke tells Miss Daisy that he never learned to read, and Miss Daisy, a former schoolteacher, begins teaching him that skill. In 1955, when Boolie buys a new car for his mother, Hoke purchases her old car for himself. Hoke drives Miss Daisy to Mobile, Alabama, so that she can attend her brother’s 90th birthday party. During the trip, they are accosted by racist police officers while they are having a picnic lunch, but they are allowed to continue the trip. During the party, Hoke watches the celebration from the kitchen with the maid.  Britannica Quiz Pop Culture Quiz Are you a princess of Pop? The king of Culture? See if you’re an entertainment expert by answering these questions. In 1963 Hoke negotiates a raise in the salary that Boolie pays him. Idella suffers a fatal heart attack while shelling peas in Miss Daisy’s kitchen. After that, Hoke begins also helping Miss Daisy with cooking and gardening. When a winter storm knocks out the electricity in Miss Daisy’s home, Hoke brings her doughnuts and makes a fire for her. In about 1966, the temple that Miss Daisy attends is bombed, and Hoke tells her that the same sort of people who lynched a friend’s father when he was a boy had committed the bombing. Miss Daisy fails to see the connection. Later, as Hoke is driving Miss Daisy to a dinner at which Martin Luther King, Jr., is to speak, she offers her second ticket to him, but he is put off by the fact that she offered the ticket only at the last minute, and he chooses to listen to the speech on the car radio. One day in 1971 Hoke arrives to find that Miss Daisy is upset and confused, thinking that she is a schoolteacher. He calls Boolie and tries to calm her down. Miss Daisy tells Hoke that he is her best friend. In the final scene, in 1973, Hoke visits Miss Daisy in the nursing home. Uhry’s play Driving Miss Daisy was inspired by the relationship between his grandmother, Lena Fox, and her longtime chauffeur, Will Coleman. The play opened Off-Broadway in 1987, with Freeman playing the chauffeur, and it earned a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. The movie, directed by Bruce Beresford, was the only film adapted from an Off-Broadway play to have won the Oscar for best picture. Production notes and credits
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What is the car in Driving Miss Daisy?When Miss Daisy drives her 1946 Chrysler Windsor into her neighbor's yard, her 40-year-old son Boolie (Dan Aykroyd) buys her a 1949 Hudson Commodore and hires 60-year-old Hoke Colburn (Morgan Freeman), a black chauffeur.
What year was the Cadillac in Driving Miss Daisy?1955 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD 60 SPECIAL 'DRIVING MISS DAISY'
What year was the Hudson car in Driving Miss Daisy?1949 HUDSON COMMODORE 8 4-DOOR SEDAN. Lot #1049 - The co-star with Morgan Freeman (Hoke Colburn) and Jessica Tandy (Miss Daisy Werthan) of "Driving Miss Daisy," this 1949 Hudson Commodore Custom 8 4-door sedan occupies a central role in the 1990 Best Picture Academy Award-winning film.
Why did Miss Daisy refuse to have a driver?She is afraid of giving herself the airs of a rich person, even though Boolie is paying Hoke's salary. She strongly values her independence, so she also resents having someone around her house. For the first week or so of Hoke's employment, Daisy refuses to let him drive her anywhere.
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