Driving Miss Daisy is a filmed performance of the 2013 Australian theatrical production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1987 play of the same name by Alfred Uhry starring Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Boyd Gaines.
Miss Daisy Werthan (Angela Lansbury) is a widowed, 72-year-old Jewish woman living in mid-century Atlanta who is deemed too old to drive by her son Boolie (Boyd Gaines).
He then hires Hoke Coleburn, an African-American man (James Earl Jones) to serve as her chauffeur, and what begins as a troubled and hostile pairing soon blossoms into a profound, life-altering friendship that transcends all the societal boundaries placed between them.
The Australian tour of the Broadway production of Driving Miss Daisy performed to sold-out audiences in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth from February 9 to June 16, 2013.
In its 5-star review, The Herald Sun said, "It is a privilege to witness the consummate professionalism and fine acting of two of America's stage and screen royalty, Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones".