Driving Miss Daisy: Best Picture 1989

DRIVING MISS DAISY (Drama - PG) PRODUCER: Richard D. Zanuck & Lili Fini Zanuck ABOUT THE FILM The story of a warn relationship between a black chauffeur (Freeman) and a crusty Jewish grandmother (Tandy) based on Pulitzer prizewinning play. DIRECTED BY: Bruce Beresford.

THE CAST INCLUDES Jessica Tandy / Oscared! (FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, THE SEVENTH CROSS, DRAGONWYCK, FOREVER AMBER, THE BIRDS, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, STILL OF THE NIGHT, THE BOSTONIANS, USED PEOPLE) Morgan Freeman / Nominated (TEACHERS, STREET SMART, CLEAN AND SOBER, GLORY, BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES, ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES, UNFORGIVEN) Dan Aykroyd / Nominated Supporting Actor (1941, THE BLUES BROTHERS, NEIGHBORS, DR. DETROIT, TRADING PLACES, SPIES LIKE US, GHOSTBUSTERS, DRAGNET, NOTHING BUT TROUBLE, THIS IS MY LIFE, MY GIRL, SNEAKERS) With Patti LuPone and Esther Rolle. ABOUT THE PRODUCER Richard D. Zanuck (1934 - ) American producer who started working for his father, Darryl F. Zanuck. Zanuck's other works include: COMPULSION, SANCTUARY, THE CHAPMAN REPORT, JAWS, MACARTHUR, THE ISLAND, and RICH IN LOVE. In 1982 he produced THE VERDICT which received a Best Picture nomination. Lili Fini Zanuck is Richard's wife. OTHER NOMINATIONS Actress (*) Actor Supporting Actor OTHER "BEST PICTURE" NOMINATIONS BORN OF THE FOURTH OF JULY DEAD POETS SOCIETY FIELD OF DREAMS MY LEFT FOOT GO TO: Next Year

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