Driving Miss Daisy (1989) — Screenplay
In the segregated South, an aging Jewish widow and her proud Black chauffeur gradually forge a deep, unlikely friendship over 25 years.
- Written by
- Alfred Uhry
- Genre
- Drama
- Studio
- Warner Bros.
- Length
- 109 pages
Study this for its masterful restraint: Uhry builds a sweeping 25-year relationship through small, perfectly observed scenes, letting silences and gestures do the heavy lifting. The dialogue is a clinic in subtext, and the off-screen passage of time shows how character arcs can be suggested through changing rhythms and rituals rather than dramatic events.
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