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Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy

Dec 13, 1989
99 min
Drama
7.2/ 10
1,679 votes

Overview

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.

Ratings & Reviews

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TMDB
7.2/10
1,679 votes
IMDB
7.3/10
122,236 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
81/100
Metascore

Media

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$7,500,000Production cost
Box Office$145,793,296Worldwide gross
Profit$138,293,296Profitable
ROI
+1843.9%Return on investment
US Box Office$106,593,296Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

Won 4 Oscars. 22 wins & 24 nominations total

Details

Production information

"The funny, touching and totally irresistible story of a working relationship that became a 25-year friendship."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$7,500,000

Revenue

$145,793,296

Production Companies

Warner Bros. PicturesMajestic Films InternationalAllied FilmmakersThe Zanuck Company

Cast & Crew

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