Driving Miss Daisy (1989 Best Picture)
The tenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1989 features the Best Picture Oscar winner, Driving Miss Daisy. Written by Alfred Uhry (based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play), directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy and Dan Aykroyd, Driving Miss Daisy opened in limited release in December 1989 and went on to win four Oscars, including Best Picture.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/driving-miss-daisy-1990), Henry Sheehan in The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/driving-miss-daisy-review-1989-movie-1067241), and Desson Thomson in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/drivingmissdaisypghowe_a0b249.htm).
