Driving Miss Daisy - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Driving Miss Daisy or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Driving Miss Daisy

[riley]

The movie Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! is shown on the marquee next to the Piggly Wiggly the first time Hoke takes Miss Daisy to the market. It was released in 1948, so that helps give a timeline for the movie.

[lynn]

Morgan Freeman's role in The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) was given to him after the 1990's Oscars when he was nominated as Best Actor when Brian De Palma decided to make a more balanced film, changing the role of the judge from a Jewish one to an African-American. Another option thought by the director was James Earl Jones, and like Freeman, he played Hoke in a theater version of Driving Miss Daisy (1989), years later after the film.

[victoria]

Three black men are seen crossing railroad tracks in Atlanta. All three of these men are descendants of the real person (Will Coleman) that the "Hoke" character was based upon.

[violet]

So convinced was she that she would lose out, Jessica Tandy had a $100 bet with her agent that she wouldn't win the Oscar for Best Actress. When she paid up on Oscar night, she told him that it was the best bet she had ever lost.

[lonnie]

In the scenes involving the black four door Cadillac sedan, Bruce Beresford used both a 1955 and a 1956 Cadillac. The cars' exteriors are identical, except for the rear exhaust fender flare on the '56. The rear fender on the '55 is flat.

[beth]

Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson presented the Best Picture Oscar to producers David Brown and Lili Fini Zanuck at the Oscar ceremony in 1990.

[christina]

The aria heard in the azalea blossoms and time passes scene, when Daisy is listening to the radio, is "Song To The Moon" from Antonín Dvorák's "Rusalka".

[beth]

Based on playwright Alfred Uhry's grandmother Lena Fox and her driver Will Coleman.

[sandra]

Features Dan Aykroyd's only Oscar nominated performance.

[darrell]

While Daisy and Hoke are driving to Boolie and Florine's house for a Christmas party, Daisy says of Florine, "I hope she doesn't take in into her head to sing tonight." Patti LuPone, who played Florine, is a multiple Tony- and Grammy- Award-winning Broadway musical star.

[stephanie]

While being interviewed in the 2008 PBS mini-series The Jewish Americans (2008), Alfred Uhry, who wrote the film's screenplay, and grew up as a Jewish child in Atlanta during the 40s and 50s, admitted that many Jews in Atlanta celebrated Christmas, like Boolie and his wife, in an attempt to be a part of a community, where Jews were a minority.

[steve]

Jessica Tandy was also being driven by her chauffeur in Alfred Hitchcock Presents "The Canary Sedan", air date June 15, 1958.

[dustin]

One of several Hollywood movies set in the American South directed by Australian director Bruce Beresford. The films include Last Dance (1996), Rich in Love (1992), Tender Mercies (1983) Crimes of the Heart (1986), and Driving Miss Daisy (1989).

[kylie]

The only film that year to be nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars.

[jessie]

The only Best Picture nominee that year to be also nominated for Best Art Direction, and Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup.