Hoke to the retirement home to visit Daisy, now 97. The two catch up, and Hoke gently feeds her Thanksgiving pie.

Cast

Production

Eddie Murphy was the first choice for the role of Hoke Colburn but turned it down, later explaining in 2025: "They actually developed that for me... I wasn't doing no shit like that back then. I was like 'I ain't driving no Miss Daisy.'"

Reception

Box office

Driving Miss Daisy was given a limited release on December 15, 1989,

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