Born on the Fourth of July
Dead Poets Society
Driving Miss Daisy
Field of Dreams
My Left Foot
Winner:
Driving Miss Daisy
Story: An elderly Jewish widow (Jessica Tandy) living in Atlanta can no longer drive. Her son insists she allow him to hire a driver, which in the 1950s meant a black man. She resists any change in her life but, Hoke (Morgan Freeman), the driver is hired by her son. She refuses to allow him to drive her anywhere at first, but Hoke slowly wins her over with his native good graces. Hilarity ensues. It covers over twenty years of the pair's life together as they slowly build a relationship that transcends their differences.
Trivia: Jessica Tandy won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Daisy Werthan. At age 81, she is the oldest winner of a Best Actress Oscar. So convinced was she that she would lose out, Jessica Tandy had a $100 bet with her agent that she wouldn't win the Oscar for Best Actress. When she paid up on Oscar night, she told him that it was the best bet she had ever lost.
So, tell me what you think? Did you like Driving Miss Daisy? Would you have picked another movie as Best Picture? Why?
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Morgan Freeman is one of my favorite actors. I love this guy. The interaction between Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman is cool. Jessica deserved her Oscar.
My Left Foot - The story of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy. He learned to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
Born on the Fouth of July - Tom Cruise as a bitter disabled Vietnam Vet. Another Vietnam movie, almost guaranteed to get you a nomination for Best Picture. Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, Platoon.
Field of Dreams - "If you build it, he will come." One of the most famous lines in movie history. And then you have Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones and his voice.
Dead Poet's Society - Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His room-mate, Neil, although exceedingly bright and popular, is very much under the thumb of his overbearing father. The two, along with their other friends, meet Professor Keating, their new English teacher, who tells them of the Dead Poets Society, and encourages them to go against the status quo. Each, in their own way, does this, and are changed for life. I love this movie, and in the end it is so bittersweet. And look at the actors, Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, and Josh Charles. This is one of the movies I saw during the summer I was in Virginia with my sister Kim, and my brother Mick. It was one of my favorite summers.
As for who I would pick, I liked Driving Miss Daisy, but I think it would be very close for me between Field of Dreams and Dead Poet's Society. But I would have to pick (Drum Roll Please)............... Dead Poet's Society
Yeah I always think of that summer when I think of Dead Poets Society...and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Ghostbusters II, Batman, Weekend At Bernies...and of coarse all of the Nightmare On Elm Street movies. Hard to believe that I'm teaching kids in high school who were not even alive in 1989.
Of those movies I liked both Field of Dreams and Dead Poets Society. I saw Driving Miss Daisy, but that would come in a distant third on my vote.
Driving Miss Daisy is hands down the winner this year for me. I loved it and it's one of my favorite movies of all time. I remember that summer too. It was a blast. We had pizza every Friday and we rented movies like crazy. Hey, I still do that. The boys know Friday nights as pizza and movie night.
Pizza Night in Italy? Isn't every night in Italy Pizza Night?
Well, then we'd all be about 10 times fatter than we already are and we'd be really sick of Pizza. I can't wait for you to come over so you can know the difference between American pizza and Italian Pizza.
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