62nd Academy Awards at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on March 3, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Richard Dysart and Diane Ladd. "Driving Miss Daisy" won four awards including Best Picture and Best Actress for Jessica Tandy, the oldest person at the time to win a competitive acting Oscar. Other winners included "Glory" with three awards, "Born on the Fourth of July", "The Little Mermaid", and "My Left Foot" with two, and "The Abyss", "Balance", "Batman", "Cinema Paradiso", "", "Dead Poets Society", "Henry V", "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", "The Johnstown Flood", and "Work Experience"
Driving Miss Daisy The film explores racism against African American people, which affects Hoke at that time. The film also touches on anti-semitism in the South. After her synagogue is bombed, Miss Daisy realizes that she is also a victim of prejudice. But American society is undergoing radical changes, and Miss Daisy attends a dinner at which Dr. Martin Luther King gives a speech. She initially invites Boolie to the dinner, but he declines, and suggests that Miss Daisy invite Hoke. However, Miss Daisy only asks him to be her guest during the car ride to the event and ends up attending the