Driving Miss Daisy (play) for a 1989 film of the same name starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd. All three actors were nominated for Academy Awards, with Tandy winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film received nine nominations total, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Uhry also won an Academy Award for his screenplay. Driving Miss Daisy (play) Driving Miss Daisy is a play by American playwright Alfred Uhry, about the relationship of an elderly white Southern Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, and her African-American chauffeur, Hoke Coleburn, from 1948 to 1973. The play was the first in Uhry's
Devil in the Flesh (1989 film) theatrical release till early 1989. Devil in the Flesh (1989 film) Devil in the Flesh is an Australian film adapted from the French novel "Le Diable au corps". It is directed by Scott Murray who is best known for being the editor of "Cinema Papers". Murray adapted it to be set in rural Victoria during World War II. It was shot over seven weeks in central Victoria in towns such as Bendigo, Castlemaine, and Dunolly, starting 1 May 1985. Its working title was "Marie-Claire". The film was screened at the 25th International Critics' Week of the 1986 Cannes Film Festival,