Directed by Bruce Beresford (Double Jeopardy, Mr. Church) and based on a play by Alfred Uhry, the big-screen adaptation of Driving Miss Daisy instantly became a success at the box office and with critics in December 1989 when it received nine Academy Award nominations and several everlasting achievements in Oscar history. Starring just opposite the late but great English actress Jessica Tandy (who played the charming but belligerent Daisy Werthan in the film), prolific actor Morgan Freeman starred as a happy-go-lucky senior chauffeur named Hoke Colburn. Even though they stepped into contrasting characters on the screen, their chemistry was, without a doubt, one of the most crucial factors that helped make this movie timeless.