*The Warlock opens the door to his lair. He’s wearing a Rain mask, black tuxedo and Gargoyle shades while holding a wine glass of Dr. Pepper*
W: Welcome to my lair…welcome I don’t think so, but enter. Enter my lair if you dare. I’m your host The Warlock.
*Warlock makes the ground rumble before walking inside*
W: We made it everyone to the end of Oscar’s Month here at Warlock’s Movie Realm! What started with Ben Hurr in 1959 will end tonight with the winner of Best Picture of 1989, the comedy drama DRIVING MISS DAISY. Its amazing to see how technology improved in the 31 movies we’ve seen this month. The Apartment was still in black & white and here we are 29 years after that. First the accolades. Morgan Freeman was nominated for Best Actor, Dan Aykroyd was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, Jessica Tandy won Best Actress, the movie was nominated for Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design and Best Editing. The movie won Best Makeup and Best Writing as well. Now for the competition, DRIVING MISS DAISY beat out Born On The Fourth of July, Dead Poets Society, Field of Dreams and My Left Foot. Other movies that came out in 1989 that weren’t nominated were Back To The Future 2, Steel Magnolias, Batman, The Abyss, Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon 2 and When Harry Met Sally. That’s a tall order for this movie to climb.
*Warlock takes his seat in the middle of the couch*
W: So what’s this movie about? Jessica Tandy employs Morgan Freeman as her chauffer and as the movie progresses, she develops a lot more respect for him. Like I mentioned earlier, normally funny man Dan Aykroyd damn near won Best Supporting Actor so this is going to be interesting to watch. I doubt its going to be as fun as Back To the Future, Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon 2 and Batman but let’s see what happens. Grab your popcorn, grab your drink and grab your woman because its time for DRIVING MISS DAISY.
Written by Alfred Uhry
Directed by Bruce Beresford
Cast:
| Morgan Freeman | … | Hoke Colburn | |
| Jessica Tandy | … | Daisy Werthan | |
| Dan Aykroyd | … | Boolie Werthan | |
| Patti LuPone | … | Florine Werthan (as Patti Lupone) | |
| Esther Rolle | … | Idella | |
| Jo Ann Havrilla | … | Miss McClatchey (as Joann Havrilla) | |
| William Hall Jr. | … | Oscar | |
| Alvin M. Sugarman | … | Dr. Weil | |
| Clarice F. Geigerman | … | Nonie | |
| Muriel Moore | … | Miriam | |
| Sylvia Kaler | … | Beulah | |
| Carolyn Gold | … | Neighbor Lady | |
| Crystal Fox | … | Katie Bell (as Crystal R. Fox) | |
| Bob Hannah | … | Red Mitchell | |
| Ray McKinnon | … | Trooper #1 | |
| Ashley Josey | … | Trooper #2 | |
| Jack Rousso | … | Slick | |
| Fred Faser | … | Insurance Agent | |
| Indra A. Thomas | … | Soloist | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Trilby Beresford | … | Child (uncredited) | |
| Dean DuBois | … | Commerce Club Member (uncredited) | |
| Jay Freer | … | Extra at MLK Speech (uncredited) | |
| Jen Harper | … | Biltmore Hotel Dinner Guest (uncredited) | |
| Martin Luther King | … | Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| D. Taylor Loeb | … | Girl at Temple (uncredited) | |
*Warlock reads the tag-line*
W: “An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.”
W: Great, another “empowering” movie.
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