Beresford and Tandy
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| Type: | Black-and-white photographs |
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| Title: | Beresford and Tandy |
| Date: | 1989 |
| Description: | Image of Bruce Beresford, the director of the 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy, chatting with actress Jessica Tandy during filming in Atlanta, Georgia. Beresford, standing on the left, wears a vest and crosses his arms. Tandy is dressed in a wide-brimmed hat and flowered dress. She smiles. The 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy was originally written as a play by Alfred Uhry. Set in Atlanta before, during, and after the civil rights movement, the work explores the relationship between Miss Daisy, a southern Jewish woman, and her African American driver, Hoke. Morgan Freeman played Hoke in both the Atlanta premiere of the play and the film. Jessica Tandy portrayed Miss Daisy in the film version. |
| Subjects: | Motion pictures | Motion picture actors and actresses--Georgia--Atlanta | Actors--Georgia--Atlanta | Actresses--Georgia--Atlanta | Uhry, Alfred--Film and video adaptations | Motion picture locations--Georgia--Atlanta | Motion picture producers and directors--Georgia--Atlanta | Costume--Georgia--Atlanta | Men--Georgia--Atlanta | Women--Georgia--Atlanta | Tandy, Jessica | Beresford, Bruce | Atlanta (Ga.) | Fulton County (Ga.) |
| Contributors: | New Georgia Encyclopedia | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
| Rights and Usage: | Courtesy of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |
| Related Materials: | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1525 | Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-9045 |
| Related Institutions: | New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) |
| Collection Information: | New Georgia Encyclopedia |