Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

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Wikidata Q211373, film, IMDb tt0097239, TMDB 403: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Morgan Freeman as actor (‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan); 3 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

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Came from

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Led to

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Connected to

Do the Right Thing: 4 lines industry ×3 verdict ×1

  1. industry (Oscar snub): Do the Right Thing → Driving Miss Daisy. Driving Miss Daisy won best picture the year Do the Right Thing was not nominated; the snub is the reason the film is remembered in awards history.
    “This is, of course, the year that driving Miss Daisy won best picture.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:04:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Dances with Wolves: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Dances with Wolves → Driving Miss Daisy. Unlike Driving Miss Daisy, Dances with Wolves is not offensive in its depiction of native people.
    “It's not like driving Miss Daisy where there's something kind of offensive about it.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:29:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Green Book: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Green Book → Driving Miss Daisy. Notes that the Green Book win lands exactly 30 years after Driving Miss Daisy's win, with the same conversation roiling.
    “we're 30 years exactly since driving Miss Daisy one, and that the conversation around this sort of thing was roiling back then”
    The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show (Ep. 131) · 0:07:16 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Hans Zimmer: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Hans Zimmer → Driving Miss Daisy. Zimmer wrote the synthesizer theme for Driving Miss Daisy.
    “Can you imagine Hans Zimmer wrote that?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:33:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Morgan Freeman: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Morgan Freeman → Driving Miss Daisy. Freeman's 1989 trio of Glory, Driving Miss Daisy and Lean on Me made him a star after Street Smart.
    “Glory driving Miss Daisy and lean on me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:31:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Morgan Freeman → Driving Miss Daisy. Freeman's 1989 trio of Glory, Driving Miss Daisy and Lean on Me made him a star after Street Smart.
    “Glory driving Miss Daisy and lean on me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:31:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Hans Zimmer → Driving Miss Daisy. Zimmer wrote the synthesizer theme for Driving Miss Daisy.
    “Can you imagine Hans Zimmer wrote that?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:33:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Dances with Wolves → Driving Miss Daisy. Unlike Driving Miss Daisy, Dances with Wolves is not offensive in its depiction of native people.
    “It's not like driving Miss Daisy where there's something kind of offensive about it.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:29:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (3)

  1. industry (Oscar snub): Do the Right Thing → Driving Miss Daisy. Driving Miss Daisy won best picture the year Do the Right Thing was not nominated; the snub is the reason the film is remembered in awards history.
    “This is, of course, the year that driving Miss Daisy won best picture.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:04:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Driving Miss Daisy → Do the Right Thing. The year before, Driving Miss Daisy won the Oscar over Do the Right Thing, making it a back-to-back miss.
    “89 is when driving Miss Daisy wins over.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:28:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): Driving Miss Daisy → Do the Right Thing. Do the Right Thing going un-nominated the year Driving Miss Daisy won says it all.
    “do the right thing doesn't even get nominated in the year when driving Miss Staisy wins, that tells you everything.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:33:16 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Green Book → Driving Miss Daisy. Notes that the Green Book win lands exactly 30 years after Driving Miss Daisy's win, with the same conversation roiling.
    “we're 30 years exactly since driving Miss Daisy one, and that the conversation around this sort of thing was roiling back then”
    The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show (Ep. 131) · 0:07:16 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Do the Right Thing → Driving Miss Daisy. Do the Right Thing, not even nominated, should have beaten Driving Miss Daisy.
    “I do the right thing, which was not nominated over driving was Daisy.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:41:03 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Driving Miss Daisy: Billy Crystal's Oscar monologue opened with the movie that directed itself, since its director was not nominated.
    “The movie, which I guess directed itself because the director was not nominated and the audience were like, huh.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:33:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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